Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Factors of a Term
- Summary
- Did You Know?
- What’s Next?
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In the previous segment, we learnt about factors. In this segment, we will learn about Factors of a term.
What are Factors of a term?
The numbers and/or variables that are multiplied to form a term are the Factors of the term,
For example, consider the algebraic expression 2?2 − 3??
The terms of this expression are: 2?2??? − 3??
Let us now express each term as its factors.
- 2?2 = 2 × ? × ?
So we can say that 2, x and x are the factors of the term, 2?2
- −3?? = −1 × ? × ?
So we can say that -3, x and y are the factors of the term, -3xy
Summary
Factors of a Term |
Numbers and/or variables that are multiplied to form a term |
What’s next?
In the next segment of Class 8 Maths, we will learn about Factorisation of Polynomials.