If you're saying9z-144, then the factor is 9. The factor is any number that you can take out of the equation/expression. For example, 9 goes into 9z once (since 9 times z is 9z) and 9 goes into 144 16 times (9 times 16 is 144).The factored form should be as follows:9(z-16)Hope it helped. x)