Algebraic Problem Set – III (Expressions Only)
Instructions:
• Total 20 medium–hard algebraic expression simplification problems
• Addition / Subtraction / Multiplication / Division included
• 1, 2, 3 variable expressions
• Identity-based simplification used in all problems
• Academic-style problems similar to real textbooks
• All problems are structurally different from Set-II
• Final answers are given at the end in short form
1) Simplify: (x + 9)² − (x − 9)²
2) Simplify: (a + 2b)² − (a² + 4ab)
3) Simplify: (x − 5)(x + 5) − x²
4) Expand: (3x + 2y)²
5) Simplify: (x + 4)² − 8x − 16
6) Expand: (2a − 5b)² + (2a + 5b)²
7) Simplify: (x + y)² − (x − y)² + 4xy
8) Expand: (x + 3y + 2z)²
9) Simplify: (a − b)² − (a² − 2ab + b²)
10) Simplify: (x + 7)(x − 7) + (x + 1)² − x²
11) Expand: (4x − y)² − (4x + y)²
12) Simplify: (x + 6)² − (x² + 12x + 36)
13) Expand: (a + b + 2c)² − (a + b)²
14) Simplify: (x − 3)² + 6x − 9
15) Expand: (2x + 3y − z)²
16) Simplify: (x + 2)(x − 2) + (x + 5)(x − 5)
17) Expand: (a + 4b)² − (a − 4b)²
18) Simplify: (x + 1)² + (x − 1)² − 2x²
19) Expand: (3a + b + c)²
20) Simplify: (x + 10)² − (x + 6)²
Answers (Short Form)
1. ans: 36x
2. ans: 4b²
3. ans: −25
4. ans: 9x² + 12xy + 4y²
5. ans: x²
6. ans: 8a² + 50b²
7. ans: 8xy
8. ans: x² + 9y² + 4z² + 6xy + 4xz + 12yz
9. ans: 0
10. ans: x² + 2x − 48
11. ans: −16xy
12. ans: 0
13. ans: 4c(a + b + c)
14. ans: x²
15. ans: 4x² + 9y² + z² + 12xy − 4xz − 6yz
16. ans: 2x² − 29
17. ans: 16ab
18. ans: 2
19. ans: 9a² + b² + c² + 6ab + 6ac + 2bc
20. ans: 8x + 64