一多項式 x 2 + cx + d 可因式分解成(x + a )(x + b )。其中：ab = d ，a + b = c 因式分解 ，在這裏是指多項式因式分解 （英語：Polynomial Factorization [ 註 1] 多項式 分解為兩個或多個的因式 [ 註 2]
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1
2
{\displaystyle x^{2}-1^{2}}
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{\displaystyle \left(x+1\right)\left(x-1\right)}
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{\displaystyle x^{2}-y^{2}}
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{\displaystyle \left(x+y\right)\left(x-y\right)}
複整數 ，那麼
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{\displaystyle x^{2}+1^{2}}
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{\displaystyle \left(x+i\right)\left(x-i\right)}
不可約多項式 （irreducible ）。也就是不能再分解了。
數體F上每個次數
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{\displaystyle \geq 1}
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{\displaystyle f(x)}
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{\displaystyle f(x)=p_{1}(x)p_{2}(x)p_{3}(x)\cdots p_{s}(x)=q_{1}(x)q_{2}(x)\cdots q_{t}(x)}
其中
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{\displaystyle p_{i}(x)(i=1,2,\cdots ,s)}
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{\displaystyle q_{j}(x)(j=1,2,\cdots ,t)}
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{\displaystyle s=t}
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{\displaystyle p_{i}(x)=c_{i}q_{i}(x)(i=1,2,\cdots ,s)}
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{\displaystyle c_{i}(i=1,2,\cdots ,s)}
原則：
1、分解必須 要徹底（即分解後之因式均不能再做分解）
2、結果最後只留下小括號
3、結果的多項式首項為正。
在一個公式內把其公因子抽出，例子：
7
a
+
98
a
b
{\displaystyle 7a+98ab}
其中，
7
a
{\displaystyle 7a}
7
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14
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{\displaystyle 7a(1+14b)}
51
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4
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7
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24
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3
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2
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75
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b
5
{\displaystyle 51a^{4}b^{7}+24a^{3}b^{2}+75a^{5}b^{5}}
其中，
3
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3
b
2
{\displaystyle 3a^{3}b^{2}}
3
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3
b
2
(
17
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b
5
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25
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8
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{\displaystyle 3a^{3}b^{2}(17ab^{5}+25a^{2}b^{3}+8)}
透過公式重組，然後再抽出公因數，例子：
3
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2
b
−
5
y
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12
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b
2
−
20
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b
y
{\displaystyle 3a^{2}b-5y+12a^{3}b^{2}-20aby}
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{\displaystyle =(3a^{2}b+12a^{3}b^{2})-(5y+20aby)}
=
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b
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4
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−
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y
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{\displaystyle =3a^{2}b(1+4ab)-5y(1+4ab)}
=
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4
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3
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b
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y
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{\displaystyle =(1+4ab)(3a^{2}b-5y)}
15
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10
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{\displaystyle 15n^{2}+2m-3n-10mn}
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{\displaystyle =(15n^{2}-3n)+(2m-10mn)}
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{\displaystyle =3n(5n-1)+2m(1-5n)}
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{\displaystyle =3n(5n-1)-2m(5n-1)}
=
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{\displaystyle =(5n-1)(3n-2m)}
透過添項然後減掉，然後再抽出公因數，例子：
x
4
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x
2
+
1
{\displaystyle x^{4}+x^{2}+1}
=
x
4
+
x
2
+
x
2
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2
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1
{\displaystyle =x^{4}+x^{2}+x^{2}-x^{2}+1}
=
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2
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+
1
{\displaystyle =x^{4}+2x^{2}-x^{2}+1}
=
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1
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2
{\displaystyle =x^{4}+2x^{2}+1-x^{2}}
=
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2
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2})^{2}+(2)(x^{2})(1)+(1)^{2}-x^{2}}
=
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2}+1)^{2}-x^{2}}
=
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2}+1-x)(x^{2}+1+x)}
=
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2}-x+1)(x^{2}+x+1)}
透過分裂某項，然後再抽出公因數，例子：
x
3
−
7
x
+
6
{\displaystyle x^{3}-7x+6}
其中，
−
7
x
{\displaystyle -7x}
−
x
{\displaystyle -x}
−
6
x
{\displaystyle -6x}
x
3
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7
x
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6
{\displaystyle x^{3}-7x+6}
x
3
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x
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6
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6
{\displaystyle x^{3}-x-6x+6}
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6
{\displaystyle x^{3}-7x+6}
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{\displaystyle =x^{3}-x-6x+6}
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{\displaystyle =(x^{3}-x)-(6x-6)}
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{\displaystyle =x(x^{2}-1)-6(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =x(x+1)(x-1)-6(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x(x+1)-6)(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2}+x-6)(x-1)}
其中，
+
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{\displaystyle +x}
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{\displaystyle +3x}
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2
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{\displaystyle -2x}
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6
{\displaystyle x^{2}+x-6}
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{\displaystyle x^{2}+3x-2x-6}
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{\displaystyle (x^{2}+x-6)(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x^{2}+3x-2x-6)(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =((x^{2}+3x)-(2x+6))(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x(x+3)-2(x+3))(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x-2)(x+3)(x-1)}
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{\displaystyle =(x-1)(x-2)(x+3)}
十字交乘法（cross method），也叫做十字相乘法。它實際上是拆項法 的一個變形，只不過用十字形矩陣來表示。
兩個立方數之和
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3
{\displaystyle a^{3}+b^{3}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle (a+b)(a^{2}-ab+b^{2})\,\!}
兩個立方數之差
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3
{\displaystyle a^{3}-b^{3}\,\!}
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{\displaystyle (a-b)(a^{2}+ab+b^{2})\,\!}
兩個n次方數之差
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{\displaystyle a^{n}-b^{n}=(a-b)(a^{n-1}+a^{n-2}b+......+b^{n-1})}
兩個奇數次方數之和
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{\displaystyle a^{n}+b^{n}=(a+b)(a^{n-1}-a^{n-2}b+......+b^{n-1})}
一個整系數的一元多項式
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{\displaystyle a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+......a_{1}x+a_{0}}
p
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+
q
{\displaystyle px+q}
且p,q互質 ，則以下兩條必成立：（逆敘述並不真）
p
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a
n
{\displaystyle p|a_{n}}
q
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a
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{\displaystyle q|a_{0}}
不過反過來說，即使當
p
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a
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{\displaystyle p|a_{n}}
q
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a
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{\displaystyle q|a_{0}}
p
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q
{\displaystyle px+q}
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{\displaystyle a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+......a_{1}x+a_{0}}
另外一個看法是：
一個整系數的ｎ次多項式
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{\displaystyle a_{n}x^{n}+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+......a_{1}x+a_{0}}
p
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−
q
{\displaystyle px-q}
且p,q互質 ，則：（逆敘述並不真）
p
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q
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f
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1
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{\displaystyle p-q|f(1)}
p
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q
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f
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−
1
)
{\displaystyle p+q|f(-1)}
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