Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Factorizing Expressions
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Exercise 6 Page 110

Rewrite each term as a product of the coefficient of the variable term and some other factor.

2.5 (2 + q)

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We want to factor out the coefficient of the variable term — 2.5. Let's rewrite each term as a product of 2.5 and some other factor. To do so, note that 5 equals 2 times 2.5. 1{5 &= {\color{#FD9000}{2.5}} \cdot 2 \\[0.5em] 2.5q &= {\color{#FD9000}{2.5}} \cdot q } Now we can use the Distributive Property to factor the expression. Let's go!
5+2.5q
2.5 * 2 + 2.5 * q
2.5 (2 + q)