PRACTICE WORKSHEET – 5 2nd Term (2024 - 2025)
Name: Class: VII Roll: Section:
Subject: Algebra Teachers: Rokeya Begum / Farhad Ahmed Date:
1. Expand and simplify:
(a) (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 3) (b) (3𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 − 2𝑦) − 2(𝑥 − 𝑦)2
2. Expand each of the following (using algebraic identities):
1 2 𝑎 2
(a) (3𝑥 + 4 𝑦) (b) (𝑏𝑐 − 3) (c) (−2𝑥 + 3)(−2𝑥 − 3)
3. If (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 = 281 and 𝑎𝑏 = −240, calculate the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 .
4. Factorise (using algebraic identities):
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(a) 𝑥2 − 𝑦2 (b) 𝑎2 𝑏 2 − 10𝑎𝑏 + 25 (c) 9𝑎2 + 12𝑎 + 4
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5. Factorise the following expressions completely:
(a) 𝑎(𝑏 − 𝑐) + 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎2 (b) 𝑥 2 𝑧 − 4𝑦 − 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 4𝑧
6. Factorise:
(a) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 154 (b) 15𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 1
7. Evaluate (using algebraic identities):
(a) 80022 (b) 8232 − 1772
8. Solve the equation: 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 4 = 0
9. (a) 𝑥 = 3 is a solution of the equation 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0. Find the value of 𝑐.
(b) Hence, find the other solution of the equation.
10. (a) 𝑥 = −5 is a solution of the equation 𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 + ℎ = 0. Find the value of .
(b) Hence, find the other solution of the equation.
11. Find two consecutive positive odd numbers which are such that the square of their sum
exceeds the sum of their squares by 126.
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12. Fatimah is 5 years older than Dina. If the product of their ages is 234, how old is Dina?
13. A man bought 8 kiwi fruits and 7 pears for $4.10 while another man bought 4 kiwi fruits
and 9 pears for $3.70. What is the cost of each kiwi fruit and each pear?
14. Find two positive whole numbers which differ by 5 and the sum of their squares is 193.
15. The figure shows a rectangle with its sides as indicated. Find the area of the rectangle.
(2𝑥 + 1) 𝑐𝑚
(𝑥 + 2) 𝑐𝑚 2𝑦 𝑐𝑚
(x+y + 2) cm
(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2) 𝑐𝑚
(2𝑥−3𝑦)2
16. Simplify:
6𝑥 2 −9𝑥𝑦
1 𝑥+1
17. Simplify: +
2(𝑥−1) 𝑥 2 +𝑥−2
18. Find the HCF & LCM of 25 𝑎5 𝑏 2 𝑐 4 and 70𝑎3 𝑏 3 𝑐 2 .
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19. Solve the equation: + 2𝑎+1 = 0
𝑎+1
20. Make 𝑥 as the subject of the formula: (𝑥 + 𝑝)𝑎 = 𝑞(2𝑥 − 𝑞)
21. Find the quotient and remainder of the following by using long division:
(4𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 18) ÷ (𝑥 + 2)
2 1 3(𝑥 + 2)
22. Express as a fraction in its simplest form: − + (𝑥
𝑥−1 𝑥−2 − 1)(𝑥 − 2)
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ANSWERS
1. (a) 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6 (b) 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 − 4𝑦 2
3 𝑦2 𝑎2 6𝑎
2. (a) 9𝑥 2 + 2 𝑥𝑦 + 16 (b) − 𝑏𝑐 + 9 (c) 4𝑥 2 − 9
𝑏2 𝑐 2
3. 761
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4. (a) (2 𝑥 + 𝑦) (2 𝑥 − 𝑦) (b) (𝑎𝑏 − 5)2 (c) (3𝑎 + 2)2
5. (a) (𝑏 − 𝑎)(𝑎 + 𝑐) (b) (𝑧 − 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 4)
6. (a) (𝑥 + 14)(𝑥 − 11) (b) (3𝑥 + 1)(5𝑥 − 1)
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7. (a) 64032004 (b) 646000 8. or − 4
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9. (a) −3 (b) −0.5 10. (a) 75 (b) −15
11. 7 or 9 12. 13 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 13. $0.25; $0.3
2𝑥 − 3𝑦
14. 7 & 12 15. 54𝑐𝑚2 16.
3𝑥
3𝑥 + 4
17. 18. HCF = 5𝑎3 𝑏 2 𝑐 2, LCM = 350𝑎5 𝑏 3 𝑐 4
2(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 2)
4 𝑞 2 + 𝑎𝑝
19. −7 20. 𝑥= 21. Q = 4𝑥 − 7
2𝑞 − 𝑎
R= −4
4𝑥 + 3
22.
(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2)
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