Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Factorizing Expressions
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Exercise 13 Page 113

Rewrite each term as a product of its prime factors to find the greatest common factor (GCF) between the terms.

16(2z-3)

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To factor the expression, we have to find the greatest common factor (GCF) between the terms. Let's then rewrite each term as a product of its prime factors. 32z&= 2* 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * z 48&= 2* 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 In this case, the GCF is 2* 2 * 2 * 2 = 16. We are going to rewrite each term as 16 multiplied by some factor. Then we will use the Distributive Property to factor the expression. Let's go!
32z-48
16 * 2z - 16 * 3
16(2z-3)