Factorise (Verb)
Meaning
Resolve (a polynomial) into factors.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The first step in solving the equation is to factorise the quadratic expression on the left-hand side.
- To make the calculation easier, we can factorise the polynomial into smaller components.
- The student struggled to factorise the complex algebraic expression into its prime factors.
- In order to simplify the expression, we need to factorise it first and then cancel out the common terms.
- By factorising the expression into its linear and quadratic factors, we can now use the zero product property to find the values of x.