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Time allowed: 60 minutes

Core
1 Simplify these expressions.

a 6  2r ..................................................................................................... [1 mark]

b 5a  4b ................................................................................................... [1 mark]

c 8u  2u ................................................................................................... [1 mark]

2 Simplify 4s x 6s³

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3 Simplify as much as possible: 4(2y + z) – 3 (3y + z)

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4 Expand and simplify: x(4x – 2) – 3x(x + 1)

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5 Expand these expressions.

a 3(2 + c)

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b 2a(b – 4)

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c ab(b + c)

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6 Factorise the following expressions.

a 12a + 8b .................................................................................................... [1 mark]

b 5m2 – 15m .................................................................................................. [1 mark]

7 Factorise each expression completely.

a ax + bx

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b 4x – 2xy

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2
c 6a – ab2

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2
d 3a – 2a + 6ab

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8 Expand and simplify this expression.

4(3m + 2) – 3(2m + 5)

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9 Parts of these factorised expressions have been covered in blobs.

Write out the complete question and answer for each one.

a 6a + 15 = 3(2a + 5)

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2
b 2b – 6ab = 2b(b – 3a)

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2
c 4ab2 + 6a b – 8ab = 2ab(2b + 3a – 4)

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Extension
1 Expand and simplify each of the following expressions.

a (a + 4)(a + 2)

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b (b – 3)(b + 4)

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c (a – 5)(2a – 4)

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2 Expand and simplify these expressions.

a (2a + 3)(3a – 2)

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b (2b – 3)(2b + 3)

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c (2a – 3)2

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3 Factorise each of these expressions.

a x2 + 3 x + 2

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b a2 – 6a + 5

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c b2 + 2b – 35

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2
4 You are given that x + ax – 8 = (x – 2)(x + b).
Find the value of a and b.

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5 Simplify

a x 2x
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3 5
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b 5x x 3
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4 3
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6 Factorise each of these expressions.

2
a 3a – 2 a − 5

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2
b 4b – 25

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x 5x2  x
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7 a Simplify
5 10

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4 3
 1
b Show that x 1 x  2 simplifies to x2  6x  7  0

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x2  x  6
8 a Simplify x2  9

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x 2  px  8 x4
b If 3x 2  qx  10 simplifies to 3x  5 find the values of p and q.

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[Total: 61 marks]

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