Chat: Factorizing by taking out highest common factor problem
Chat: Factorizing to a perfect square problem
Look for situations where middle term = 2* product of the square roots of terms 1 and 3.
a^2 + 2ab + b^2
Chat: Factorising to a difference of perfect squares problem
note, sometimes a in a^2 - b^2 will be in brackets not a single variable/number.
eg, (x+5)^2 - 4^2