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Expanding One Bracket Activity

The document provides step-by-step worked solutions for expanding brackets with one or more variables. It also gives examples of forming expressions for the area of basic shapes. The challenge problem involves using the perimeter of a rectangle to calculate its area.

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Expanding One Bracket Activity

The document provides step-by-step worked solutions for expanding brackets with one or more variables. It also gives examples of forming expressions for the area of basic shapes. The challenge problem involves using the perimeter of a rectangle to calculate its area.

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Expanding One Bracket

1. Expand and simplify:


a) 4(x + 5) e) 7(x – 5)

b) 3(a + 2) f) 3(4 – p)

c) 2(y + 11) g) 9(q – 9)

d) 5(b + 3) h) 5(x + y – z)

2. Expand and simplify:


a) a(a + 2) e) 3x(2x – 7)

b) x(x – 1) f) 4p(p – 3q)

c) y(y – 5) g) 5a2(a + 8)

d) 2b(b + 6) h) 3xy(3x + 7 – 2y)

3. Find an expression for the area of each of the following shapes. All measurements are given in cm.
Write your answers in both non-expanded and expanded form:
a)

4x + 3

x
b)

5x – 9

3x

Challenge
The rectangle in question 3a) has a perimeter of 56cm. Calculate the area of the rectangle.

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Expanding One Bracket

WWW Expanding One Bracket

1 Expanding one bracket.

2 Expanding brackets with more than one variable.

3 Forming an expression for the area of a rectangle.

Challenge Forming and solving equations.

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Expanding One Bracket Answers
1. Expand and simplify:
a) 4(x + 5) = 4x + 20 e) 7(x – 5) = 7x – 35

b) 3(a + 2) = 3a + 6 f) 3(4 – p) = 12 – 3p

c) 2(y + 11) = 2y + 22 g) 9(q – 9) = 9q – 81

d) 5(b + 3) = 5b + 15 h) 5(x + y – z) = 5x + 5y – 5z

2. Expand and simplify:


a) a(a + 2) = a2 + 2a e) 3x(2x – 7) = 6x2 – 21x

b) x(x – 1) = x2 – x f) 4p(p – 3q) = 4p2 – 12pq

c) y(y – 5) = y2 – 5y g) 5a2(a + 8) = 5a3 + 40a2

d) 2b(b + 6) = 2b2 + 12b h) 3xy(3x + 7 – 2y) = 9x2y + 21xy – 6xy2

3. Find an expression for the area of each of the following shapes. All measurements are given in cm.
Write your answers in both non-expanded and expanded form:
a)
x(4x + 3)cm2
4x + 3
= (4x2 + 3x)cm2

x
b)
3x(5x – 9)cm2
5x – 9
= (15x2 – 27x)cm2

3x

Challenge
The rectangle in question 3a) has a perimeter of 56cm. Calculate the area of the rectangle.
4x + 3 + x + 4x + 3 + x = 10x + 6 Therefore, the area of the rectangle is given by:
10x + 6 = 56 5 × (4 × 5 + 3) = 5 × 23
10x = 50 Area = 115cm2.
x = 5cm

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