Math Basics To Learn Factoring Polynomials
Following are the basic math skills right from elementary school to build up the concept of factoring polynomials:
- You need to have the good understanding of the multiples and factors of the natural numbers.
- Natural Numbers are just counting numbers starting at 1. For example; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ..............and so on.
- Multiples of a natural number are the other natural numbers which can be divided by the given natural number. For example; multiples of 2 are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and so on. Multiple of 10 are 10, 20, 30, 40 and so on. Hence multiples of a number are times table for that number.
- Factors of a number are the numbers which can divide that number. Visit the following link to learn more about finding all the factors of a number
- Prime factorization of numbers is one of the keys to learn and understand the factoring polynomials.
- How to find the greatest common factor (gcf) of two or more numbers.
