How do you factor $m - m^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-12T22:05:24

$m(1+m)(1-m)$

The first step with any factoring s to look for a common factor. In this case there is an $m$ in each term.

Divide it out to get: $m(1-m^2)$

This leads to difference of 2 squares:

$m(1+m)(1-m)$

How do you factor m - m^3m - m^3?