Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 1.1     Factoring  a²+10a+16 

The first term is,  a²  its coefficient is  1 .
The middle term is,  +10a  its coefficient is  10 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +16 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • 16 = 16 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  16  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   10 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  2  and  8 
                     a² + 2a + 8a + 16

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    a • (a+2)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    8 • (a+2)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (a+8)  •  (a+2)
             Which is the desired factorization

Final result :

  (a + 8) • (a + 2)