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Expanding Brackets Exercise

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Last updated almost 3 years ago
7 questions
Note from the author:
Expanding brackets through repested use of the distributive law.
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  1. Choose any 4 of the following to solve.
  2. Show your work each time for all 4 questions.
  3. You may choose to solve more if you'd like.
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Some rules to remember when multiplying integers:

+ve times +ve = +ve
+ve times -ve = -ve
-ve times +ve = -ve
-ve times -ve = +ve
When adding or subtracting integers remember the number line. Eg. -5 + 3 is 5 steps backwards and 3 steps forward. Making it a total of 2 steps bakward, ie, -2.
Question 1
1.

(x + 2)(x + 3)

Question 2
2.

(a + 4)(a + 5)

Question 3
3.

(b + 2)(b - 5)

Question 4
4.

(a - 3)(a - 4)

Question 5
5.

(x + y)(a + b)

Question 6
6.

(3x + 4)(x - 5)

Question 7
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(5x - 7)(2x - 1)