Is there a greatest common factor?
Factor the greatest common factor
25xy^2+15x^2y^3-10x^3y=5xy(5y+3xy^2-2x^2)
How many terms does the polynomial have?
Difference of squares (a^2-b^2)
x^2-20x+100=(x-10)^2
Is it a Perfect Square trinomial?
Use common trinomial factoring
x^2+3x-28=(x+7)(x-4)
Do perfect square trinomial factoring
4x^2-25=(2x+5)(2x-5)
Use factoring by grouping
x^2+2x-3x-6=(x+2)(x-3)