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Factorising is the reverse of multiplying out brackets.
We put an expression into brackets by taking out the highest common factor (HCF) of each term in the expression.
To work out what goes inside the brackets, we divide each term by this HCF.
Example
Factorise fully 10x - 15
Answer
The HCF of 10x and 15 is 5.
So we take 5 outside the brackets and divide each term by 5 to work out what goes inside the brackets.
The answer is 5(2x - 3)
