SIMPLIFYING ALGEBRA – PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
Simplify:
(a) x + x
(b) y + y + y
(c) z + z + z + z
(d) 2a + 5a
(e) 9b + 2b
(f) 10c – 4c
(g) 5d + 3d – 2d
(h) 8e – 4e + e
(i) 7f – f – 2f
(j) 4x – 3x + 5x – x
(k) 3xy – 5xy – 2xy + 8xy
2.
Simplify:
(a) y × y
(b) z × z × z × z
(c) a × b
(d) 4 × c × d
(e) 7 × e × f
(f) 10 × g × g
(g) 4 × 6 × h
(h) 9 × k × 2
(i) p × 3 × p
(j) a × 4 × a × 4
(k) 11 × y × z × 3
3.
Simplify:
(a) x + 1 + x + 2
(b) 3x + 2 + x + 7
(c) 7a + 3 + a + 8
(d) 8b – 2 + 2b – 5
(e) 5c – 6 + 2c – 3
(f) 10d – 5 – 2d – 2
(g) 9e – 1 + 2e + 5
(h) 7f – 3 + 2f + 4
(i) 6g – 5 + g + 7
(j) 4xy + 3 + 2xy – 5
(k) yz + 4 + 4yz – 8
4.
Simplify:
(a) x + y + x + y
(b) 2x + 3y + 4x + 5y
(c) 4a + b + 2a + b
(d) 10c – 3d + c – 2d
(e) 5e – 4f + 2e – 3f
(f) 6g – 3h + g + 2h
(g) 7i – 5j + 3i + 2j
(h) 4m – 6n + m + 4n
(i) 3p – q + 3p + 4q
(j) 5r + 2s – 2r – 4s
(k) 6t + 3u – 5t – 5u
(l) -2x + 4y + 5x – 3y
5.
Simplify:
(a) x2 × x3
(b) y4 × y5
(c) z6 × z2
(d) a7 × a8
(e) b11 × b5
(f) a9 × a
(g) b12 × b
(h) c2 × c2 × c2
(i) d2 × d3 × d4
(j) e2 × f3 × e4 × f5
(k) g6 × h × g3 × h4
6.
Simplify:
(a) 4y × 2y
(b) 5x2 × 3x4
(c) 10a3 × 4a4
(d) 6b5 × 2b5
(e) 8c6 × 3c3
(f) 11d7 × 4d4
(g) 6e5 × 6e6
(h) 7f10 × 4f
(i) 12g7 × 3g
(j) 15h4 × h
(k) x6 × 6x7
(l) 4y4 × 9y6
7.
Simplify:
(a) x7 ÷ x2
(b) y10 ÷ y4
(c) a11 ÷ a6
(d) b9 ÷ b
(e) c12 ÷ c8
(f) d10 ÷ d
(g) 12x6 ÷ 4x3
(h) 20y13 ÷ 5y8
(i) 18a9 ÷ 9a7
(j) 32b12 ÷ 8b
(k) 27c10 ÷ 9c
(l) 45d20 ÷ 5d8
8.
Simplify:
21𝑥 5
(a)
3𝑥 2
35𝑦 11
(b)
7𝑦 4
42𝑧 15
(c)
6𝑧 5
50𝑎14
(d)
10𝑎7
40𝑏6
(e)
20𝑏
30𝑐 12
(f)
6𝑐
60𝑑23
(g)
5𝑑4
9.
Simplify:
(a) (x2)3
(b) (y6)2
(c) (z5)4
(d) (a11)5
(e) (b9)3
(f) (c8)8
(g) (3d4)2
(h) (2e7)3
(i) (4f3)2
(j) (2g2)4
(k) (h × h)4
(l) (m7 ÷ m4)5
10.
Simplify:
(a) x2 + x2
(b) x3 + x3
(c) y2 + y2 + y2
(d) 3a2 + 5a2
(e) 4b2 + 3b + 2b2 + b
(f) 6c2 + c + 7c + 2c2
(g) 8d2 – 3d + d2 – 4d
(h) 5e – 4e2 + 2e2 + 6e
(i) 5f2 – 2f – 2f2 + 6f
(j) 7g2 + 3g – 5g2 – 4g
(k) 2h2 – 5h + 3h2 + 2h
11.
Simplify:
(a) 4xy × 3x2
(b) 5mn2 × 5m3
(c) 6p3q × 3p2q
(d) 8a4b2 × 4b2a
(e) 9c5d3 × 5c2d6
(f) 12e10f × 3e2f5
(g) 4hg4 × 6hg2
(h) 20x8y11 × 4y4x
12.
Simplify:
(a) 25xy4 ÷ 5y2
(b) 20m6n2 ÷ 4m3
(c) 27p8q5 ÷ 9p4q
(d) 42a3b4 ÷ 7ab3
36𝑐 5 𝑑6
(e)
3𝑐 2 𝑑4
32𝑒 11 𝑓7
(f)
8𝑒 4 𝑓 5
60𝑔9 ℎ8
(g)
12ℎ𝑔5
100𝑗 13 𝑘 5
(h)
20𝑗 5 𝑘 4
13.
Simplify fully:
𝑥 5 ×𝑥 7
(a)
𝑥4
𝑦 9 ×𝑦 4
(b)
𝑦7
𝑧 10 ×𝑧
(c)
𝑧9
𝑎5 ×𝑎8
(d)
𝑎3 ×𝑎4
(𝑏4 )4
(e)
𝑏9
(𝑐 5 )3
(f)
𝑐 11
10𝑑3 ×3𝑑5
(g)
6𝑑7
4𝑒 9 ×6𝑒 5
(h)
(𝑒 4 )3
14.
Simplify:
(a) 3x + 5y + x + 4y
(b) z4 × z6
𝑎9
(c)
𝑎
(d) 3b2 × 6b8
(e) 5c – 4d + 2c – 5d
(f) 4 × 5 × e
(g) f × f × f × f
(h) gh + gh
(i) 10j2 + j + 3j – 4j2
24𝑚7
(j)
8𝑚5
(k) 15p5q3 × 3pq7
𝑡 7 ×𝑡 8
(l)
𝑡5
15.
Simplify:
(a) 4x + 6 – 3x + 10
(b) 7 × y × z
(c) 7a – 2b – a + 5b
(d) 9 × c × c
54𝑑12
(e)
9𝑑7
(f) (e4)5
(g) 9f6 × 9f
35𝑔11 ℎ8
(h)
7ℎ7 𝑔4
(i) p3 + p2 + 2p3 + 4p2
(j) 7q – (q + 3q)
16.
Simplify:
(a) x + x + x + x – x
(b) 12 × y × z2 × 3
(c) 48a21 ÷ 8a
𝑏2 ×𝑏9
(d)
𝑏5 ×𝑏3
(e) 4cd + cd – 3cd
(f) 13e4f10 × 3ef5
(g) (3g8)3
6ℎ5 ×4𝑖ℎ8
(h)
3ℎ7 𝑖
(𝑗 3 ×𝑗 8 )2
(i)
𝑗7
(j) 8k5m × 7k11m3