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- adjective mathematics Capable of being
factored . For integers synonyms arecomposite , non-prime .
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Examples
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For example, after I read a recent post by a Sam Shah about visually representing quadratics to see how many are factorable over integers, I started thinking about some ways to drive that point to students.
The Ten Commandments Darren Kuropatwa 2009
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Nick drew the distinction between a messy real world where cause and effect and a sense of progress is often unavailable versus a well-typed and easily factorable virtual world experience where folks prefer to recreate.
Tooling Around 2006
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Find all positive and negative integers b such that the trinomial is factorable.
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To equations with 2-variables or simple, factorable quadratics.
LearnHub Activities 2008
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Slide 2: (1) Which of the following integral values of k cannot be used to make 4 x2 + kx + 3 factorable?
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