Taking out a common factor

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1. Expanding and factorising
2. Solving quadratic equations
3. Forming quadratic expressions
4. Quadratic identities from area
5. Using identities with numbers
6. Taking out a common factor
7. Difference of two squares
8. Perfect-square trinomials
9. Factorising when a is not 1
10. Completing the square
11. Forming quadratic equations
12. Solving harder quadratic equations
13. The parabola and its intercepts
14. Quadratics in real life