Why is it useful to factor out the GCF first when factoring?

Dee used 2 1/3 cups of sugar for a cake recipe. if the amount of sugar the container holds is 3 times the amount she used, does the container hold more than, less than, or equal to 3 cups of sugar? explain.

Ms.ortiz sells tomatoes wholesale. the function p(x)=-80x^2+320x-10, graphed below, indicates how much profit she makes on a load of tomatoes if she makes on a load of tomatoes if she sells them for 4-x dollars per kilogram. what should ms.ortiz charge per kilogram of tomatoes to make on a load of tomatoes?

In a two-digit number the units' digit is 7 more than the tens' digit. the number with digits reversed is three times as large as the sum of the original number and the two digits. find the number.