AS 91027

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Worksheets

1.2 Apply algebraic procedures in solving problems

4 credits
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Practice Substitution
If a = 4 and b = 5

1. a + 8 = 2. 3b = 3. 2a + 9 = 4. a2 + a2 =

5. 30 ÷ b = 6. 2b + 3 = 7. a2 + b = 8. 24 – 4b =

9. a + b = 10. 5a – 2b = 11. 2b – a = 12. 2(a + b) =

13. a + b2 = 14. 10a – 2b2 = 15. b2 – a2 = 16. 3(2a + 2b) =

17. 5a2 + 2b2 = 18. 8b2(a – 2) = 19. 2.5(a2 -2b) = 20. 2b(1.5a + 2b) =

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Substitution Word Problems

Ordering Takeaways Fish is $5.50 per piece
Chips are $3 per scoop

1. What is the cost of 2 pieces of fish?

2. What is the cost of one scoop of chips and 1 piece of fish?

3. What is the cost of 2 fish and 2 scoops of chips?

4. What is the cost of 4 fish and 3 scoops of chips?

5. What did I buy if I spent $14?

6. What did I buy if I spent $28?

7. If I spent $11.50 what could I buy?

8. 14 people order hamburgers. The very hungry ones order 2 each while the rest order 1 each.
They purchase a total of 20 hamburgers. How many people were very hungry?

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Practice More Substitution

If a = 5, b = 3 and c = -2 calculate:

1. 5a = 2. c + c2 = 3. 2a + b = 4. 4(a + c) =

5. 2(b – c) = 6. 3a + 4c = 7. -2a + -2c = 8. b2 – 6a =

ab a4
9. 10a – 2b = 10. 2(4a + b ) = 2
11.  12. 2

c b

2(8  c) c2 abc
 b  (2c)   16. 10 
2 2
13. 2a 14. 15. 0.5(a  b)

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Collecting Like Terms

Simplify:
1. 5x + 3y – 2x + 9y = 2. 5m2 + 3n + 2m2 – 2n =

3. 3p3 – 5q2 + 9p3 – 8q2 = 4. -3x2 + 4x + 12x2 – 12x =

5. Find the total length of all the edges of this cuboid.

4y
2x

3x

Simplify:
6. 14a2 – 10b – a2 + 5b = 7. 22xyz + 12xy – 5xyz + 4x =

8. 8pq + 7p + q + 10pq – q – p = 9. 13x2 + 4x2 – 5y2 + y2 – 12x2 =

10. 11ab + 2cd – ab + 3dc + ba = 11. 4x – 5x + 3x – x + 2x – 7y =

12. Which is larger and by how much? -13 + 8 – 4 + 6 – 3 + 9

or -31 + 27 – 3 – 6 + 18
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Multiplying Algebraic Terms

1. 2x × 6 = 2. -4x × 3y = 3. -3x × -2y =

4. 4y × y = 5. 4 × t × t × t = 6. x5 × x5 =

7. 3m2 × 5m3 = 8. 2q2 × 3q4 × 2q = 9. (6x2) 2 =

10. –(3c)2 = 11. (2a2)3 = 12. (7y12)0 =

Dividing Algebraic Terms

25 x 4 12 6
9y6
1. 15 x = 2. 16x ÷ 12x = 3. 6 y 10 =

x3 y 4 10 x 2 y 4 30 x 2 y 3
4. x 5 y 5 = 5. 5 xy 2 = 6. 15 xy 3 =

27 x 4 y 2 y4  y4 4x 2 y 3
7. 9 x 3 y = 8. y 3  y 2 = 9. 4 xy 3 =

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Brackets, Powers and Roots

Simplify:

1. (x2)3 = 2. (y2)4 = 3. (8a2)2 = 4. (x2y5)2 =

2
 x2   x3 
4
3 2 5
5. (2x y ) = 6. 2
(5a b) = 4
7.  3  = 8.  2  =
y  y 

3
 2x2  x2 x5
9.  x 4  = 10. x2 = 11. x 7 = 12. (12x2)0 =
 

2 x 
2
4
2 x  5x
2 2
 2 x5 
13. 5x = 0
14.  15. 2
 16.  x  
8x3 5x  

17. x 4x 
2 3
 18. 9x16 = 19. 64x 64 = 20.
3
64x12 =

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Order of Operations
Simplify

1. 3y + y × y 2. 5 × (a + a) × a 3. 6x + 3x ÷ x

4. 3y – 3y × 2y 5. 10y + 8y ÷ y 6. 2z + (2z)2 × 2z

x  3x 6x  4x 4 y2  5 y2
7. 2 x 8. 5 x  7 x 9. 8 y  5 y

y( y  y)
10. 10x ÷ 2 + 4x 11. y + y ÷ y – y 12. 2 y 2  y 2

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Simplifying Fractions
Simplify:

24x 15 y 16
1. 3 2. 2 3. 12 x 2

y9 8 x10  6 x5 y8
4. y3 5. x 8 6. xy 10

25 z 8 8x6  9 x10 y 5
7. 5 z 4 8. 4 x10 9. 6 x 8 y10

4 x 
3 2
2 xy 
2 3
4x3 y3
10. 2x3 11. 4 xy 2 12. ( 2 xy ) 2

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Algebraic Fractions
Simplify:

5 x 3x 8x 6 x 3x x
1. 9  9  2. 15  15  3. y  y 

x x 3x 2 2 x 3 x 1 x  5
4.  
4 2 5. 4  5  6. 3  4 

4y 2y 2x 3 2x x
7. 5  3  8. 5  x 2  9.  
3 5

x 1 3x 4 2 x 2 xy 2
10. 5  3x  11. 9

21
 12. z  z 

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Expanding (1)
Expand these expressions:

1. 4(2x + y) 2. 5(5x – 2) 3. y(y + 2)

4. x(2x + 5) 5. 2y(3y – 8) 6. -3(x – 2)

Expand and simplify these expressions:

7. 3(x + 1) + 2(x + 3) 8. 4x + 3(x + 5) 9. 6(x – 2) + 2(2x – 1)

10. -2(y + 3) + 5(2y – 1) 11. 5(x + 8) – 4(x – 5) 12. 5(z – 1) – 2(z + 4)

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Expanding (2)
Expand these expressions:

1. 4(2x + y) 2. 5(5x – 2) 3. y(y + 2)

4. x(2x + 5) 5. 2y(3y – 8) 6. -3(x – 2)

Expand and simplify these expressions:

7. 3(x + 1) + 2(x + 3) 8. 4x + 3(x + 5) 9. 6(x – 2) + 2(2x – 1)

10. 2(y + 3) - 5(2y – 1) 11. -5(x + 8) + 4(x + 5) 12. 5(z + 1) – 2(z + 4)

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Expanding (3)
Expand these brackets:

1. (x + 4)(x + 6) 2. (x + 4)(x – 5) 3. (y – 6)(y – 3)

4. (x – 2)(x + 15) 5. (2y + 5)(y + 2) 6. (4x – 5)(3x + 2)

7. (4y – 2)(3y – 5) 8. (2x + y)(x + y) 9. 8 + 5x(x – 9)

10. (x + 6)2 11. (2x + 5)2 12. (5 – 2y)(5 + 2y)

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Factorising (1)
Factorise:

1. 5x + 5y 2. 12x + 3y 3. 20g – 10h

4. 12s – 16t 5. 30 – 16x 6. 4xy2 + 8xy

7. 5g + gh 8. xy + 10y 9. 3xy + 5y

10. 3pq – q2 11. 8xy + 24x 12. 3x2y – x3

13. 2xy2 + 4x2y 14. 6a2b2 + 3ab 15. 12ab + 14

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Factorising (2)
Factorise:

1. x2 + 10x + 21 2. x2 – 2x + 1 3. x2 – x – 20

4. x2 – 2x – 15 5. x2 + 4x – 45 6. x2 + 21x – 100

7. x2 – 8x – 20 8. x2 + 8x + 15 9. x2 + 3x – 40

10. x2 – 36 11. 4x2 – 16 12. x2 + 14x + 49

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Harder Factorising
Factorise:

1. x2 – 21 = 4x 2. x2 = 25x 3. x2 – 300 = 20x

4. 2x2 + 14x + 12 5. 2x2 + 16x + 24 6. 3x2 + 15x + 18

12
7. 3x + 3x – 60
2
8. 5x – 5x – 30
2
9. x+1= x

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Solving Equations (1)

Solve for x:

1. 4x + 2 = 34 2. 3x + 4 = 25 3. 8y – 5 = 35

x x x2
4. 7 = 5 5. 4 + 9 = 16 6. 3 =7

2x  4
7. 2 =8 8. 2(x + 10) + 6 = 50 9. 3x + 25 = 8x – 10

4x  6
10. 2 + 5 = 18 11. 8x – 16 = 6x + 2 12. 12 – x = 9x

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Solving Equations (2)

Solve these equations:

1. x – 10 = 3(x + 2) 2. -4(x + 5) = 16

3. 5(x + 5) = 3(x – 4) 4. 3(x – 3) – (x – 2) = 5

x2
5. 10(x + 3) – 4(x – 2) = 7(x + 5) 6. 3 = 48

120 x2
7. x = 16 8. 30 – 2 = 28

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Solving Equations (3)

Solve these equations:
x6 x4 2x  1 x  7 x 3
1.  2.  3. 
3 5 4 3 12 4

x 1 x 3x x
4.  11 5. 12  x 6.   10
5 4 4 3

x 3x  11 3x  4 x 6x  3 2x  1
7.  5 8.  0 9.  0
3 5 7 2 4 2

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Quadratic Graphs
Complete the tables and plot points:
1. y = x2 – 3 2. y = x2 + 2x 3. y = (x – 1)(x + 1)
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13
14
15 – 4321
54321– 54321 54321– 54321 54321– 54321
x y x y x y
-3 -3 -3
-2 -2 -2
-1 y -1 y -1 y

0 16 0 16 0 16
15 15 15
1 14 1 14 1 14
13 13 13
2 12 2 12 2 12
3 11 3 11 3 11
10 10 10
9 9 9
8 8 8
7 7 7
6 6 6
5 5 5
4 4 4
3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1

– 5– 4– 3– 2–– 11 1 2 3 4 5 x – 5– 4– 3– 2–– 11 1 2 3 4 5 x – 5– 4– 3– 2–– 11 1 2 3 4 5 x

–2 –2 –2
–3 –3 –3
–4 –4 –4
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Solving Quadratics
Solve:

1. x2 + 8x + 12 = 0 2. x2 – 4x + 3 = 0 3. x2 + 11x – 26 = 0

4. x2 – 2x – 120 = 0 5. x2 – 81 = 0 6. x2 + 4x = 45

7. x2 + 36 = 13x 8. x(x – 3) = 10 9. (x + 2)2 = 9

10. x2 – 2x = 15 11. x2 – 20 = x 12. x2 = 11x

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Solving Quadratic Word Problems

1. A rectangular swimming pool has an area of 54m2.
The width of the pool is x metres and the difference between the length and the width is 3 metres.
What is the width of the pool.

2. A triangle has a base of 2x cm and a height of (x + 1) cm. If the area of the triangle is 20 cm2
calculate the value of x.

3. Kate is 10 years old, and James is 8 years old.

In how many years will the product of their ages be 143?

4. When a number, x, is squared, and then 15 is subtracted the result is 34.

What is the value of x.

5. Squaring a number, x, and then adding 2 times the original number gives a result of 24.
Write this problems as a quadratic equation then solve to find the value ot x.

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Solving Exponents
Solve for x:

1. x3 = 216 2. x4 = 81 3. x5 = 1024

4. x3 + 10 = 74 5. x3 – 20 = 105 6. 3x6 = 192

x3
7. 6x3 = 750 8. 2x4 + 512 = 1024 9. 4  54

10. 2x = 256 11. 6 x = 1296 12. 5x + 75 = 200

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Simultaneous Equations
Solve for x and y:

1. 5x + 2y = 34 2. 3x + 2y = 56 3. 3x = y
4x – 2y = 2 2x + 2y = 44 x – y = -4

4. 4x + 6y = 16 5. 3x + 2y = 26.5 6. 4x = y
x + 2y = 5 x = y – 4.5 100x – 10y = 315

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Simultaneous Equation Word Problems

1. Two farmers are buying livestock at the sales. Farmer Janis buys 6 calves and 5 lambs for $860.
Farmer Fred buys 4 calves and 10 lambs for $1000. By writing this problem as a pair of
simultaneous equations calculate the cost of the calves and lambs.

2. You spend $335 on 340 square tiles for your bathroom floor. You buy x small tiles at 80 cents each
and y big tiles for $1.50 each. Form a pair of simultaneous equations and calculate the number of
big and small titles that you purchased.

3. An equilateral triangle has sides (6x – y) cm, (5x + 5) cm and (2x + 5y) cm long.
The perimeter of the triangle is 240 cm. Write down 2 equations connecting x and y and then solve
to find the value of x and y.

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Inequalities
Solve:
1. 8x < 24 2. y + 6 ≥ 15 3. 3x + 5 ≤ 39

4. 22 + x > 30 5. x – 5 ≥ 24 6. 4y + 2 ≤ 2y + 11

7. -10x < 30 8. -5y ≥ -25 9. 32 – 4x ≤ 40

Mark the values on the number lines:

10. -4 < x ≤ 2 x R 11. -2 ≤ x ≤ 2 x R

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

12 -3 < x < 2 x I 13. -2 < x ≤ 3 x I

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

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Factorising and Fractions

Simplify:

8x  3 x6 x  9 25 x
1. 2 2. 3x 3. 5 xx  5

x  10x  2 6 x 2  12 x 3x3
4. x  2x  5 5. 3x 6. 6 x 2  9 x

8 x 2  12 x x 2  10 x  24 4 x  12
7. 2 x  3 8. x 2  x  12 9. x 2  8 x  15

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Rearranging Formulas
Rearrange the formulas to make the letter in brackets the new subject.

3y 1
1. x  2. a  10  5b 3. d  ( x  10)
10 2
(y) (b) (x)

2y t2
4. k  2(3  m) 5. x 6. s  6  20
3
(m) (y) (t)

2
 p
7. x  4y2 8. y  x 2  10 9.
q 
2
(y) (x) (p)

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Algebra Revision I

Solve:
4x  2
1. 6 11. 6x + 3 = 2x + 13
5

5x
2. 7 3 12. 13x – 5 = x – 29
2

2x 5
3.  13. 6x – 40 = 2x
3 2

3x
4.  4  16 14. 3x + 8 = x + 1
2

5. 2( x  1)  14 15. 10x + 30x = 100

8x  2
6.  11 16. 2x + 12 = 5x – 3
2

5x 3
7.  17. 3x – 8 = 4x – 7
6 4

5x
8. 2  1  6 18. 15x – 23 = 10x + 18

9. 7( x  9)  147 19. 7x – 5 = 5x + 45

10. 2 x  2  4 20. 4x – 20x = 36

5

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Solve Expand
21. 4x(x – 5) = 0 31. (x + 8)(x + 9)

22. 2x(x + 8) = 0 32. (x – 10)(x + 15)

23. (x + 2)(x – 2) = 0 33. (x + 7)(x – 3)

24. (x – 6)(2x – 4) = 0 34. (x – 8)(x – 5)

25. (x + 5)(5x – 4) = 0 35. (x + 6)(x – 6)

26. (2x + 9)(x – 5) = 0 36. (x + 7)2

27. 10x(x + 5) = 0 37. (x – 10) 2

28. (x + 8)(4x + 1) = 0 38. (2x + 5)(x + 2)

29. (x + 7)(2x + 7) = 0 39. (3x + 1)(x – 7)

30. (2x + 1)(x – 2) = 0 40. (2x – 9)(x + 4)

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Algebra Revision II
Simplify: Factorise
9x2
1. 11. x2 + 3x – 28
15 x

12 x 5
2. 4 x 2 12. x2 + 10x + 16

6x
3. 2 x 3 13. x2 – 6 – 40

4. 18 x12 14. x2 – 20x + 75

15 x 20

5. 2
3x × 2x 3 15. x2 + 16x + 64

6. 12y5 × 2y4
16. x2 – 4x + 4
7. 6x × 6x × 2x2

8. 3(x – 5) + 2(x – 2) 17. 2x2 – 4x – 48

18. 2x2 + 22x + 56

9. 6(x – 4) + 2(2x + 1)
19. x2 – 20x – 125

10. 3x – 8(x + 1)
20. x2 + 100x + 2400

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If x = 5, y = -2.5 and z = 4 find: Find the rule for these patterns.

21. 2x + 5 31. x 1 2 3 4 5
y 7 9 11 13 15

22. 2x2 + 4y
32. x 1 2 3 4 5
y 0 _ 6 9 12
23. 0.8(2x + 5z)

33. x 1 2 3 4 5
24. y2 + z y _ -9 _ -19 -24

xz
25. y 34. x 1 2 3 4 5
y 3.5 _ 5.5 _ 7.5

26. 8xy + 4z
35. Solve 5(x + 4) = 10

27. -2x + -2y + -2z 36. Solve 4x + 2 = 2x + 1

37. Factorise 3x2 + 6x + 3

28. -6 × (2x – 2y)2 20  x
38. Solve 4  7

29. x(z2 + 2y)

(3 x 2 )3
39. Simplify
9x

30. -6x + (-6yz) 40. Solve (x2)4 = 256

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Algebra Revision III

Expand and Simplify: 11. x2 – 5x – 24 = 0

1. 3(x + 1) + 2(x – 4)
12. x2 + 8x – 20 = 0

2. (3x – 1)(2x + 4)
Simplify:
13. 3x4 × 2x3
3. (2x – 1) + (x – 4)

x 2  5x  6
14.
4. (x – 3)2 x2

2 y 2.y3
15.
5. 2(x + 2) – 3(x – 4) y4

5
16. 9 x
6. (5y + 2)(y + 4) 12 x 3
17. (2x2)4
Solve: 2x2
7. x2 – 7x + 6 = 0 18. 8x5

8. 5x2 – 20x = 0 19. (x + 50) is a factor of:

x2 + 10x – 2000
What is the other factor?
9. 2x2 – 4x – 16 = 0

20. 5(x2)n × 3x4 = 15x12

10. 4x2 – 9 = 0 What is the value of n?

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21. Zeba is estimating the area and circumference of a circle by

using π = 3. She uses the formulas A = 3r2 and C = 6r.
What would the area and circumference of a circle be if the
radius was 7.5 cm?

22. In a diving competition the judges calculate the score (S) by

using the formula S = 0.8DT where D is the degree of difficulty
and T is the total of all the judges marks.
Alyssa does a dive with a difficulty degree of 2.5.
The total of the judges marks was 36.5
Calculate the score for Alyssa’s dive.

23. Last December Levar’s parents opened a savings account for

his university study. They made an initial deposit (x) and have
added $150 each month since. At the end of August there was
$1775 in the account. Below is a diagram of the deposits.

Dec →Jan→ Feb→ Mar→ Apr→ May→ Jun→ July→ Aug

x →+150 → +150 → +150 →+150 → +150 → +150 → +150→ +150

Write an expression for the amount of money that has been put
into the account and use it to calculate the initial deposit (x).

Simplify:
3x 2  15 xy x 2x 2 x 5x
24. 25.  26. 
3x 2 3 5 3 2

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Answers
Worksheet 1 Worksheet 4 Worksheet 6
Practice Substitution Collecting Like Terms Brackets, Powers and Roots
1. 12 1. 3x + 12y 1. x6
2. 15 2. 7m2 + n 2. y8
3. 17 3. 12p3 – 13q2 3. 64a4
4. 32 4. 9x2 – 8x 4. x4y10
5. 6 5. 16y + 20x 5. 32x15y10
6. 13 6. 13a2 – 5b 6. 625a8b4
7. 21 7. 17xyz + 12xy + 4x x4
8. 4 8. 18pq + 6p 7.
9. 9 9. 5x2 – 4y2 y6
10. 10 10. 11ab + 5cd
x12
11. 6 Note cd = dc 8.
12. 18 11. 3x – 7y y8
13. 29 12. First sum = 3 8
14. -10 Second sum = 5 9.
15. 9 Second larger by 2 x6
16. 54 10. 1
17. 130 Worksheet 5 1
18. 400 Multiplying Algebraic Terms 11.
19. 15 1. 12x x2
20. 160 2. -12xy 12. 1
3. 6xy 13. 5
Worksheet 2 4. 4y2 14. 2x
Substitution Word Problems 5. 4t3 15. 2x2
1. $11 6. x10 16. 4x8
2. $8.50 7. 15m5 17. 64x7
3. $17 8. 12q7 18. 3x8
4. $31 9. 36x4 19. 8x32
5. 2 fish, 1 chips 10. -9c2 20. 4x4
6. 4 fish, 2 chips 11. 8a6
7. 1 fish, 2 chips 12. 1
8. 6 very hungry Worksheet 7
Dividing Algebraic
3
Terms Simplifying Fractions
Worksheet 3 1. 5 x 1. 3y + y2
Practice More Substitution 3 2. 10a2
1. 25 4x6 3. 6x + 3
2. 2 2. 4. 3y – 6y2
3. 13 3 5. 10y + 8
4. 12 6. 2z + 8z3
3
5. 10 3. 7. 2
6. 7 2y4 8. -5
7. -6 1 9. 3y
8. -21 4. 10. 9x
9. 44 x2 y 11. 1
10. 58 2
11. -4 5. 2xy2 12.
12. 1 6. 2x 3
13. 2 7. 3xy
14. 5 8. y3
15. 1 9. x
16. 3

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Worksheet 8 Worksheet 10 7. g(5 + h)

Simplifying Fractions Expanding (1) 8. y(x + 10)
1. 8x 1. 8x + 4y 9. y(3x + 5)
2. 7.5y,
2. 25x – 10 10. q(3p – q)
4 3. y2 + 2y 11. 8x(y + 3)
3.
3x 2 4. 2x2 + 5x 12. x2(3y – x)
4. y6 5. 6y2 – 16y 13. 2xy(y + 2x)
5. 8x2 6. -3x + 6 14. 3ab(2ab + 1)
 6x4 7. 5x + 9 15. 2(6ab + 7)
6. 8. 7x + 15
y2
9. 10x – 14 Worksheet 14
7. 5z4
10. 8y – 11 Factorising (2)
2
8. 11. x + 60 1. (x + 7)(x + 3)
x4 12. 3z – 13 2. (x – 1)2
9.  3x
2
3. (x – 5)(x + 4)
2 y5 4. (x – 5)(x + 3)
Worksheet 11 5. (x + 9)(x – 5)
10. 8x3
Expanding (2) 6. (x + 25)(x – 4)
11. 2x2y4 1. 8x + 4y 7. (x – 10)(x + 2)
2. 25x – 10 8. (x + 5)(x + 3)
12. xy 3. y2 + 2y 9. (x + 9)(x – 5)
4. 2x2 + 5x 10. (x + 6)(x – 6)
5. 6y2 – 16y 11. (2x – 4)(2x + 4)
Worksheet 9
6. -3x + 6 12. (x + 7)2
Algebraic Fractions
7. 5x + 9
8x 8. 7x + 15 Worksheet 15
1.
9 9. 10x – 14 Harder Factorising
10. -8y + 11 1. (x – 7)(x + 3)
2. 2x 11. -x – 20 2. x(x – 25)
15
12. 3z – 3 3. (x – 30)(x + 10)
3.
4x 4. 2(x + 6)(x + 1)
y Worksheet 12 5. 2(x + 6)(x + 2)
Expanding (3) 6. 3(x + 3)(x + 2)
4. 3x 1. x2 + 10x + 24 7. 3(x + 5)(x – 4)
4 2. x2 – x – 20 8. 5(x – 3)(x + 2)
3. x2 – 9x + 18 9. (x + 4)(x – 3)
5. 15x  8 x
2 3
4. x2 + 13x – 30
20 5. 2y2 + 9y + 10 Worksheet 16
6. x  11 6. 12x – 7x – 10 Solving Equations
12 7. 12y2 – 26y + 10 1. x = 8
2
8. 2x2 + 3xy + y2 2. x = 7
7. 8 y 9. 8 + 5x2 – 45x 3. y = 5
15 10. x2 + 12x + 36 4. x = 35
6 11. 4x2 + 20x + 25 5. x = 28
8.
5x 12. 25 – 4y2 6. x = 19
7. x = 10
2
9. 2 x 8. x = 12
15 Worksheet 13 9. x = 7
2 Factorising (1) 10. x = 5
10. 3 x 1. 5(x + y) 11. x = 9
5 2. 3(4x + y) 12. x = 1.2
11. 7 x
2
12. xy 3. 10(2g – h)
2 2 4. 4(3s – 4t)
5. 2(15 – 8x)
6. 4xy(y + 8)
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Worksheet 17 Worksheet 21 Worksheet 26

Solving Equations (1) Quadratic Word Problems Factorising and Fractions
1. x = -8 1. x = 6 1. 4x + 12
2. x = -9 2. x = 4 2. 2x – 3
3. x = -18.5 3. x = 3 5
4. x = 6 4. x = ±7 3. x5
5. x = 3 5. x = -6 or x = 4
x  10
6. x = 12 4.
x5
7. x = 7.5
8. x = ±2 Worksheet 22 5. 2x + 4
Solving Exponents
6. x2
1. x = 6
Worksheet 18 2. x = 3 2x  3
Solving Equations (2) 3. x = 4 7. 4x
1. x = -9 4. x = 4 x6
2. x = -15.5 5. x = 5 8.
x3
3. x = 9 6. x = 2
4
4. x = 54 7. x = 5 9.
x5
5. x = 16 8. x = 4
6. x = 24 9. x = -6
7. x = 3 10. x = 8 Worksheet 27
8. x = 8 11. x = 4 Rearranging Formulas
9. x = 2.5 12. x = 3 10x
1. y
3

Worksheet 19 Worksheet 23 10  a
2. b
Quadratic Graphs Simultaneous Equations 5
1. y = 6, 1, -2, -3, -2, 6 1. x = 4, y = 7 3. x = 2d – 10
2. y = 3, 0, -1, 0, 3, 8, 15 2. x = 12, y = 10
k 6
3. y = 8, 3, 0, -1, 0, 3, 8 3. x = 2, y = 6
4. m
See your teacher and have 4. x = 1, y = 2 2
them check your graphs 5. x = 3.5, y = 8 3x
5. y
for accuracy. 6. x = 5.25, y = 21 2

6. t  16s  120
Worksheet 20 Worksheet 24
Solving Quadratics Word Problems x
7. y
1. x = -6, -2 1. 90 calves, 64 lambs 4
2. x = 3, 1 2. Small (x) = 250
3. x = -13, 2 Large (y) = 90 8. x y  10
4. x = 12, -10 3. y = 10, x = 15
5. x = ±9
6. x = -9, 5 9. p2 q
7. x = 9, 4 Worksheet 25, Inequalities
8. x = 5, -2 1. x < 3
9. x = -5, 1 2. y ≥ 9
10. x = 5, -3 3. x ≤ 11.33
11. x = 5, -4 4. x > 8
12. x = 0, 11 5. x ≥ 29
6. y ≤ 4.5
7. x > -3
8. y ≤ 5
9. x ≥ -2
10. Have your teacher check
numbers 10 – 13.
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Worksheet 28 Worksheet 30 Worksheet 32

Algebra Revision I Algebra Revision II Algebra Revision III
1. x = 7 1. 5x – 5
2. x = 4
3x 2. 6x2 + 10x – 4
1.
3. x = 3.75 5 3. 3x – 5
4. x = 8 2. 3x3 4. x2 – 6x + 9
5. x = 8 5. –x + 16
6. x = 3 3 6. 5y2 + 22y + 8
7. x = 0.9 (9/10) 3. 7. x = 6, 1
x2
8. x = 2 8. x = 0, 4
9. x = 12 6 9. x = 4, -2
4.
10. x = 9 5 x8 10. x = ±3/2
11. x = 2.5 11. x = 8, -3
5. 6x5
12. x = -2 12. x = -10, 2
6. 24y9
13. x = 10 13. 6x7
7. 72x4
14. x = -3.5 14. x + 3
8. 5x – 19
15. x = 2.5 15. 2y
9. 10x – 22
16. x = 5
10. -5x – 8 2
17. x = -1 16. 3 x
11. (x + 7)(x – 4) 4
18. x = 8.2
12. (x + 8)(x + 2) 17. 16x8
19. x = 25
13. (x – 10)(x + 4)
20. x = -2.25 1
14. (x – 15)(x – 5) 18.
15. (x + 8)2 4 x3
16. (x – 2)2 19. (x – 40)
Worksheet 29
17. 2(x – 6)(x + 4)
21. x = 0, 5
18. 2(x + 7)(x + 4) 20. n = 4
22. x = 0, -8
19. (x – 25)(x + 5)
23. x = ±2
20. (x + 60)(x + 40)
24. x = 6, 2 Worksheet 33
25. x = -5, 4/5 21. A = 168.75, C = 45
26. x = -4.5, 5 22. S = 73
Worksheet 31
27. x = 0, -5 23. x + 8 × 150 = 1775
21. 15
28. x = -8, -0.25 x = 575
22. 40
29. x = -7, -3.5 24. (x – 5y)
23. 24
30. x = -0.5, 2
24. 10.25 11x
31. x2 + 17x + 72 25.
25. -8
32. x2 + 5x – 150 15
26. -84
33. x2 + 4x – 21 26. 19x
27. -13
34. x2 – 13x + 40 6
28. -1350
35. x2 – 36
29. 55
36. x2 + 14x + 49
30. 30
37. x2 – 20x + 100
31. 2x + 5
38. 2x2 + 9x + 10
32. 3x – 3
39. 3x2 – 20x – 7
33. -5x + 1
40. 2x2 – x - 36
34. x + 2.5
35. x = -2
36. x = -0.5
37. (3x + 3)(x + 1)
38. x < -8
39. 3x5
40. x = 2

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