Greatest Common Factor (GCF) Factoring
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1 Section 4 4: Greatest Common Factor (GCF) Factoring The last chapter introduced the distributive process. The distributive process takes a product of a monomial and a polynomial and changes the multiplication problem into a polynomial (the addition or subtraction of several terms). The distributive process changes the product 2(3x + 5) 6x +10 The distributive process changes the product 4x(2x + 3) 8x 2 +12x The last chapter also introduced the FOIL process. The FOIL process is a multiplication problem. The FOIL process takes the product of two binomials and changes the multiplication problem into a polynomial. The FOIL process changes the product (x +1)(x + 5) x 2 + 6x + 5 The FOIL process changes the product ( x + 2)(x 2) x 2 4 Factoring Factoring is the process of changing a polynomial into either a distributive problem or a FOIL problem. Factoring reverses the distributive or FOIL process. If the distributive process changes 2(3x + 5) into 6x +10 then the factoring process reverses this and changes 6x +10 into 2(3x + 5) If the FOIL process changes (x 2)(x + 5) into x 2 + 3x 10 then the factoring process reverses this and changes x 2 + 3x 10 into (x 2)(x + 5) There are three types of factoring that will be covered in this chapter. 1. Factoring out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF). 2. Factoring the Difference Of Two Perfect Squares. 3. Factoring Trinomials. Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
2 Factors The factors of a whole number are all the whole numbers that divide evenly into that number. The factors of 4 are The factors of 12 are The factors of 5 are 1, 2 and 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 1 and 5 Greatest Common Factor (GCF) The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for a group of whole numbers is the largest whole number that will divide evenly into every number in the group of numbers. Example 1 Example 2 Example and 30 is 6 12 and 24 is 12 3 and 7 is 1 Example 4 Example 5 Example , 12 and 20 is 2 5, 10 and 30 is 5 2, 10 and 11 is 1 Problems: Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for each group of numbers: 1. 8 and and and and , 16 and , 21 and , 9 and , 8 and , 12 and 28 Answers: 1. GCF is 4 2. GCF is 3 3. GCF is 6 4. GCF is 1 5. GCF is 8 6. GCF is 7 7. GCF is 3 8. GCF is 1 9. GCF is 4 Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
3 Greatest Common Factor for Variable Terms The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) can also be found for a list of variable terms. If the list of variable terms has a common variable then the GCF is the common variable to the lowest power that the common variable has in the group of terms. Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 x 2 and x 6 y 3 and y 4 x and x 3 have a common variable of x have a common variable of y have a common variable of x x 2 is the lowest power of x in the two terms so y 3 is the lowest power of y in the two terms so x is the lowest power of x in the two terms so x 2 is the GCF y 3 is the GCF x is the GCF Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 x 4,x 2, and x 5 y 3,y 4 and y x 3 y 3, xy 2 and y 5 have a common variable of x have a common variable of y have a common variable of y x 2 is the lowest power of x in the three terms so y is the lowest power of y in the three terms so y 2 is the lowest power of y in the three terms so x 2 is the GCF y is the GCF y 2 is the GCF Problems : Find the Greatest Common Factor for each list of variables: 1. The GCF of x 2 and x 3 is 2. The GCF of x 4 and x 5 is 3. The GCF of y 3 and y 6 is 4. The GCF of y 4, y 3 and y 5 is 5. The GCF of x 2, x 3 and x 4 is 6. The GCF of x, x 2 and x 3 is 7. The GCF of x 4, x 3 y and xy is 8. The GCF of x 4 and y 4 is Answers: 1. GCF is x 2 2. GCF is x 4 3. GCF is y 3 4. GCF is y 3 5. GCF is x 2 6. GCF is x 7. GCF is x 8. no common variable Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
4 Finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for a Polynomial Each term in a polynomial may have both a number coefficient and one or more variables. To find the GCF for a polynomial find the GCF for all the coefficients and then find the GCF for the variables in each term and then multiply the GCFʼs together. Finding the Greatest Common Factor 1. Find the GCF for the coefficients (number in front a variable) of all the terms. 2. Find the GCF for each variable term by using the lowest power that it has in the group of terms. 3, The GCF is the product of steps 1 and 2. Example 1: Example 2: Find the GCF of 8x 2 +12x Find the GCF of 10y 4 +15y 3 1. The GCF of 8 and 12 is 4 1. The GCF of 10 and 15 is 5 2. The GCF of x 2 and x is x 2. The GCF of y 4 and y 3 is y 3 The GCF is 4x The GCF is 5y 3 Example 3: Example 4: Find the GCF of 12x 4 + 9x 3 + 6x 2 Find the GCF of 4y 5 + 8y 4 +10y 3 1. The GCF of 12, 9, and 6 is 3 1. The GCF of 4, 8, and 10 is 2 2. The GCF of x 4, x 3, x 2 is x 2 2. The GCF of y 5, y 4, y 3 is y 3 The GCF is 3x 2 The GCF is 2y 3 Example 5: Example 6: Find the GCF of 3y 5 + 8y 4 +12y 3 Find the GCF of 16x 3 +12x The GCF of 3, 8, and 12 is 1 1. The GCF of 16, 12, and 8 is 4 2. The GCF of y 5, y 4, y 3 is y 3 2. There is no common variable is 1 The GCF is y 3 The GCF is 4 Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
5 Factoring out the GCF from a Polynomial Factoring out a GCF from a polynomial is the reverse process of the distributive operation. The distributive operation multiplied a term outside a parentheses into each term of an expression inside the parentheses as seen in the following examples: 2( 5x + 3) =10x + 6 5x ( 2x 4) =10x 2 20x 3x( 2x 2 5x) = 6x 3 15x 2 Factoring out the GCF involves DIVIDING OUT THE GCF and placing it outside the parentheses as a product with the results of the division left inside the parentheses. Example 1. Factor the GCF out of 8x x +16 has a GCF of 8. Factoring (dividing) a 8 out of 8x +16 results in 8 8x When we reduce each fraction we get 8(x + 2) The factored form of 8x +16 is 8(x + 2) Check: You can check your answer by distributing the GCF back in. Example 2. Factor the GCF out of 15x 2 10x 15x 2 10x has a GCF of 5x. Factoring (dividing) a 5x out of 15x 2 10x results in 5x 15x 2 5x When we reduce each fraction we get 5x(3x 2) 10x 5x The factored form of 15x 2 10x is 5x(3x 2) Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Factor Factor Factor 6y 2 10y (GCF is 2y) 12x 3 + 4x 2 (GCF is 4x 2 ) 12y y 3 6y 2 (GCF is 3y 2 ) 2y 6y 2 2y 10y 2y 4x 2 12x 3 4x x2 4 x 2 3y 2 12y 4 3y y 3 3y 2 6y 2 3y 2 = 2y( 3y 5) = 4x 2 (3x +1) = 3y 2 (4y 2 + 9y 2) Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
6 Factoring Out the GCF Example 6 Example 7 Example 8 Factor: 12x 2 10x + 6 (the GCF is 2) Factor: 5x 2 y + 20xy 5y (the GCF is 5y) Factor: 10x 3 20x x (the GCF is 10x) = 2(6x 2 5x + 3) = 5y( x 2 + 4x 1) =10x(x 2 2x + 5) Math 120 Section 4 4A Page Eitel
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