Date: 30/10/22

Factorising
Starter
• Expand the following brackets and simplify…

2(7x + 3) - 3(4x + 6)

= 14x + 6 - 12x - 18

= 2x - 12
 Factorising
• The topic we are learning about today is
called ‘Factorising’

• Factorising is essentially the reverse of

expanding brackets

• Instead of expanding brackets, we ask,

‘what did we have before the brackets
were expanded?
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

4x + 6
2 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
2(2x + 3 )
 Your turn
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

6x + 9
3 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
3(2x + 3 )
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

5x - 20
5 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
5( x - 4)
 Your turn
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

5x - 20
5 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
5( x - 4)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

8x + 22
2 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
2(4x + 11)
 Your turn
Factorise the following expression.

Common Number Common Letter (s)

8x + 22
2 -
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
2(4x + 11)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

ab + 5a
- a
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
a ( b + 5)
 Your turn
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

ab + 5a
- a
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
a ( b + 5)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

x2 + 7x
- x
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
x( x + 7)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

4xy + 8x
4 x
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
4x ( y + 2)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

6x3 - 10x2
2 x2
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
2x2 ( 3x - 5)
 Factorising
Factorise the following expression.

Common number Common letter (s)

3xy - 18xy2
3 xy
Put the
common parts
outside the
bracket
3xy ( 1 - 6y )
 Your turn
Factorise the following expressions into brackets;

a)4x + 12
a) 4(x + 3)
b)6x - 20 b) 2(3x – 10)
c)ab + 2a
c) a(b + 2)
d) x(x – 6)
d)x2 - 6x
e) 4y(2y + 3)
e)8y2 + 12y f) 5x(3y – 5)
f)15xy - 25x
 Practice - Skills
1. 4w5 + 6w3 1. 2w3(2w2+3)
2. 30j13 - 25j6 2. 5j6(6j7-5)
3. 30r12 - 40r6 3. 10r6(3r6-4)
4. 10d7 + 6d4 4. 2d4(5d3+3)
5. 24y8 - 16y6 5. 8y6(3y2-2)
6. 20w7 + 24w4 6. 4w4(5w3+6)
7. 36v12 - 30v6 7. 6v6(6v6-5)
8. 28k9 - 32k3 8. 4k3(7k6-8)
 Summary
• We have learnt how to Factorise
expressions

• This involves putting them back into

brackets

• We have looked at single bracket

questions