AQA GCSE Mathematics · 8300
Specification A3 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The result of multiplying factors together.
Revise: Algebraic VocabularyA factor is something being multiplied, and a product is the result of multiplication.
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GCSE Mathematics · key term
The result of a multiplication.
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Specification A3 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The result of multiplying factors together.
Revise: Algebraic VocabularyA factor is something being multiplied, and a product is the result of multiplication.
Specification N4 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
The result of multiplying numbers or expressions together.
When asked for a prime factorisation, give a product containing primes only and use index notation where factors repeat.
Use brackets carefully when a whole product is raised to a power: , not .
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Prime factorisation expresses an integer as a product containing prime numbers only. A factor tree makes the repeated decomposition visible. Begin with any factor pair, then split every composite factor again.
Specification 1.01a, 2.02b, 6.01c · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher), Paper 5 (Higher), Paper 6 (Higher)
Revise: Integer ArithmeticSimilar consistency gives a positive product when two negative factors are multiplied.
A quantity formed by multiplying numbers, variables or algebraic expressions.