Factorising is putting things back into brackets whereas expanding is getting rid of brackets.
Easy-
3x+6 (find the common multiplier)
3x= 3X1Xx
6= 3X2 (the common multipler is 3.)
So the 3 goes outside the brackets and the rest goes inside.
3(x+2) (the numbers inside are the left over ones and the ones which aren't common)
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