Factor monomials

The  exercise appears under the Algebra I Math Mission. This exercise practices factoring monomials as products of smaller monomials.

Types of problems
There is are three types of problems in this exercise:
 * 1) What is the width/length of the rectangle?: This problem has a rectangle and user is asked to find the width or length of it and express it as a monomial.
 * 2) Which of the students factored ___ correctly?: This problem says that two students factored ___, and user is asked to find which student(s) is/are correct.

Strategies
Knowledge of factoring monomials is needed for success while doing this exercise.
 * 1) The area of any rectangle is the product of its length (L) and width (W).
 * 2) User can check to see if a factorization is correct by finding the product of the factors and comparing this to the original monomial.

Real-life Applications

 * 1) Problems like this will appear on standardized tests, like the SATs and ACTs.