FACTORISATION AND EXPANDING

Worksheet 1
Expanding brackets

1. Multiply out the brackets from each of these

expressions: 4x +8
4x +2
(a) 4(x + 8) (b) 2(2x + 1)
(c) 4(x + 2) (d) 2(2x + 8) 4 x + 32
4 x + 16
Each of your answers should be in the cloud.

2. Expand the brackets in each of these

8x +8
expressions: 8 x + 24
(a)24(2x + 6) (b) 2(3x + 5)
6x +6
(c) 8(x + 1) (d) 3(2x + 2) 6 x + 10
Each of your answers should be in the cloud.

3. Multiply out the brackets from each of these expressions:

(a)26(x + 1) (b) 5(x - 4) (c) 3(5 + x)
(d) 5(2x + 1) (e) 4(3x - 2) (f) 2(5x + 3)
(g) 6(2x - 3) (h) 5(3 - x) (i) 4(3 - 8x)

4. Expand the brackets in each of these expressions:

(a)25(x - 3) (b) 3(x + 6) (c) 5(2 + x)
(d) 4(5 - x) (e) 3(2x + 4) (f) 4(5x - 1)
(g) 2(6x + 5) (h) 3(2 - 5x) (i) 7(3x + 4)

5. Which of the expressions in the cloud is an expression for the area of this
rectangle?

2+x

8 + x 8 + 4x

2 + 4x
6. Which of the expressions in the cloud is an expression for the area of this
rectangle?
2x ‐ 3 14 x ‐ 3 2 x ‐ 21

7
14 x ‐ 21

7. Write an expression for the ? in each of these rectangles:

(a) 2x + 1 (b) ?

? 2
Area = 6 x + 3 Area = 10 x ‐ 4

8. Copy and complete each of these equivalent

expressions:
(a)23(? + 5) = 6x + 15 (b) 4(? - x) = 8 - 4x
(c) 5(? - 3) = 20x - ? (d) 2(? + ?) = 10x + 20

9. Copy and complete each of these equivalent expressions:

(a) 2(? + 4) = 2x + 8 (b) 3(? - 5) = 9x - 15
(c) 2(? + ?) = 4x + 16 (d) ?(4 + x) = 12 + ?

10. Ken and Barbie have €x each.

They are each given €5

Which two of these expressions tells you how much money they have
altogether?

5+x 2x + 5 2(x + 10) 2(x + 5) 2x + 10

11. John, Kate and Liam have x sweets each.

They are each given eight more sweets.

Which two of these expressions tells you how many sweets they have
altogether?

x + 11 3x + 24 3x + 8 3(x + 8) 3(x + 24)

Worksheet 2

Algebraic Expressions

Exercise 1:

Simplify the following expressions:

a) 3x + y – x + 4y ……………………………………………………..

b) 3x2 + y – x2 – y ……………………………………………………..

c) 3a + 5c – a + 2c ……………………………………………………..

d) 4p – 5p ……………………………………………………..

e) 5p – 3q + 2 – 4p + 5 + 4q …………………………………………………….

Exercise 2:
Expand and simplify the following expressions :
a) 3(x+5) + 2(x+3) b) 5(a+2) -2(4 – a)

Exercise 3:

Match the equal expressions. One should be left out .

2
m+m m×m 2m 2+m m

Exercise 4:
a) Write an expression for the perimeter of this shape and simplify your answer.

………………………………………………….

………………………………………………….

b) Write an expression for the area of the above shape and expand your answer.

………………………………………………….

………………………………………………….
Worksheet 3 – Each brick is found by adding together the terms in the two bricks below.

The first one is

done for you!

2m + 3

2m 3 n 7

12m 6k+3 n+1 7a

4j‐4 3t+1 n+2 7

2m+2 2a+3 4a‐2n 6a

 a b c 3d 2e 4d

2a b 3b 3c 7 2c

2a+4 b c+2 3d+1 2e 4d‐2

2a+3 b‐2 3b+5 3c+2 a‐7 2c

2a‐2 10d+7

a c 3d 4d+2

3b+2a 5c‐6

2a b 3c 2c

4d+1 7e 4d‐2 4a+4 3b c‐2

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Worksheet 4

Workout
Exercise 1: Expand the following brackets

(a) 5(y + 3) (b) 4(a + 2) (c) 8(w + 10) (d) 3(x − 7)

(e) 9(s − 1) (f) 2(8 − t) (g) 7(4 + h) (h) 10(a + 2b + 3c)

(i) 4(3y + 2) (j) 5(2p − 1) (k) 3(7a + 2) (l) 9(2x − 5)

(m) 5(4 + 3t) (n) 7(9 − 2c) (o) 8(3w + 1) (p) 9(1 − 4p)

(q) 11(2k − 5) (r) 20(6a + 5c) (s) 3(15w − 7) (t) 3(9 − 2a)

Exercise 2: Expand the following brackets

(a) −2(w + 5) (b) −3(c + 7) (c) −8(c + 7) (d) −10(y − 2)

(e) −7(g − 3) (f) −4(2w + 3) (g) −9(3w − 5) (h) −9(5x − 1)

(i) −5(6 − c) (j) −6(4 + 3m) (k) −2(1 + 9c) (l) −5(8a − 7w)

Exercise 3: Expand the following brackets

(a) a(c + 2) (b) c(d − 3) (c) a(b + c) (d) w(8 − y)

(e) c(5 + a) (f) w(a − 9) (g) y(s + t) (h) 2a(c − 3)

(i) 5x(y + 8) (j) 3a(2c + 9) (k) 6g(2c − 1) (l) 9k(2 + d)

(m) 5(2f + 9w) (n) 3y(5p + 2) (o) 2s(t + 1) (p) −4a(8x − 3)

Exercise 4: Expand the following brackets

(a) a(a + 2) (b) y(y − 5) (c) w(a + w) (d) c(9 − c)

(e) p(2p + 5) (f) 2w(3w − 1) (g) 9y(2y + 3) (h) 4c(2a + 5c)

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(i) 2u(3 − u) (j) m(m² + 3) (k) y(y² − 7) (l) g²(g − 8)

(m) 2w(w² + 6) (n) 4a(2a² − 3) (o) 5c(3c² − a) (p) 8w(3w² + 3y)

(q) x²(x² + 4) (r) 3w²(7 + 2w²)

Exercise 5: Expand and simplify

(a) 5(y + 3) + 2(y + 7) (b) 6(2w + 5) + 9(w + 2) (c) 3(y − 2) + 4(2y + 5)

(d) 7(2g + 3) − 5(g+ 2) (e) 6(x − 2) − 4(x − 8) (f) 2(3y − 8) − 5(2y − 1)

(g) 8(5 + 2m) + 3(5 − 3m) (h) 4(w + 7) − 2(2w + 1) (i) 9(1 + 2y) + 3(3 − y)

Exercise 6: Expand and simplify

(a) w(w + 5) + w(w + 7) (b) 2g(4g + 3) + g(g − 7) (c) n(n − 4) − n(5 − n)

(d) 2e(4e + 3) − 3e(e − 5) (e) a(3 + c) + c(a + 2) (f) m(a + 7) − a(4 − 3m)

(g) 8c(8 − 3a) + 3(4 − c) (h) 5y(3y + z) − 2y(4y − 3z) (i) 4c(3c − c²) −2c²(4 −5c)

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Worksheet 5
Factorisation
Exercise 1: Factorise fully
(a) 2x + 8 (f) 5x – 30
(b) 3x + 12 (g) 7x + 21
(c) 4x – 20 (h) 10x – 40
(d) 5x + 35 (i) 11x + 88
(e) 2x + 16 (j) 5x – 25

Exercise 2: Factorise fully

(a) 24x + 40 (f) 3x + 9y
(b) 8x + 12 (g) 4x + 24y
(c) 9x – 21 (h) 5a – 50ab
(d) 12x + 15 (i) 7x + 21xy
(e) 9x + 12 (j) 14xy + 21y

Exercise 3: Factorise fully

(a) 9x + 6 (f) 12y – 6y2
(b) 10 + 15a (g) ab – bx
(c) 4m – 6n (h) st – s
(d) x2 + 7x (i) ax + ay + az
(e) 2a2 – 3a (j) 4m – 8n + 6p
Worksheet 6
Expanding and Factorising Expressions

Exercise 1:
Expand the following brackets:

a) 5(a + 3) = ……………………… d) -4(2 – a) = ………………………

b) 2(a – 5) = ……………………… e) 4(2 – 5f) = ………………………

c) 2(6e – 2) = ……………………… f) -3(2x + 3) = ………………………

Exercise 2:

Expand and simplify the following brackets:

a) 5(2x + 1) + 3(2x + 1) b) 4(2x + 3) + 3(5x – 1)

Exercise 3:

Factorise the following expressions:

a) 4a + 12 d) 2 – 4d

b) 6b – 2a e) 7e + 9ef

c) c + 15ac f) 10 – 15f

Exercise 4:

Find three pairs of equal expressions:

2x + 6 3(x + 2) 3x + 2 3x + 6

2x + 12 2(x + 6) 2(x + 3) 6x + 2
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Algebraic expressions
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1 Simplify these expressions.
(a) 2a + 2b + 3a + 3b (b) b + 4c - 4b + 5b - 3c
(c) 3e - 2f + 4e - 3f (d) 2g + 3f + 5g - 7f
(e) 5h2 + 2h+ h2 + 3h (f) 5j3 + 4j2 - 2j2 + j3
(g) 7km + 5m - 2km - 2m (h) 5pn + p - 6pn + 8p - pn
(i) 8qr + 2rq - 3qr + 6rq (j) 3st - st + 5ts - 3st
(k) 3u2 + 2v + 4u - 5v (l) 5wx + 3x2 - 6xw + 7wx - x2

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2 Expand these brackets.
(a) 8(a + 3) (b) -5(b - 3)
(c) -4(e - 7) (d) f(9 - e)
(e) 4(2r - 5) (f) -6(3g - 5)
(g) -5(3h + 6j) (h) j(2k + 4m)
(i) 3f (m - 8) (j) -6n(3 - 7n)
(k) 3b(2a + 11) (l) 5n(12 - 2n)

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3 Factorise the following.
(a) 3a + 18 (b) 4b - 28
(c) 8c - 16 (d) 7d + 42
(e) 5f + 25 (f) -4g - 36
(g) 6h - 24 (h) 8j + 80k
(i) 24h + 16g (j) 6jk + 3jm
(k) 27m + 18nm (l) 54n - 27nk

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4 Expand these brackets then simplify your answer.
(a) 6(a + 2) + 3(a + 3) (b) 11(b - 2) + 3(b + 6)
(c) 3(b + 4) + 6(b - 3) (d) 6(c + 3) + 5(c + 12)
(e) 8( f + 3) + 4(5 + f ) (f) 7(g - 2) + 3(g + 4)
(g) a(r + 7) + a(6 + 4r) (h) 9(k - 4) + 3(3k + 1)
(i) 8(2p + 2) - 8(p + 3) (j) 7(2q - 3) + 3(2q + 3)
(k) 7(10t - 2) - 2(9 + 3t) (l) 8(3h - 4) - 6(h + 5)
(m) 7(11y + 2) - 12(y - 4) (n) 2(4j - 7) + 5(4j + 7)
(o) 6(2a + 2) + 3(a + 4) + 13a (p) 3(b - 8) + 9(b + 6) - 2b

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5 Expand these brackets then simplify your answer.
(a) 2(3b - 3) + 4(2b - 1) + 5 (b) 4(4c + 3) - 3(2c + 10) + 3c
(c) 3(d - 7) + 6d + 3(d - 5) (d) 5(2e + 3) + 5e + 6(2e - 9)
(e) 8(f + 8) + 3(9 + 2f ) + 10f (f) 8(4g - 9) + 6(2g + 5) - 12g
(g) a(r + 5) + 12a + a(2 + 11r) (h) 7(3k - 2) - 14k + 3(3k + 2)
(i) 3(2m + 1) - 3(7m + 2) + 13m (j) 7(2 - 4n) - 8n + 4(2n + 3)
(k) 5(4p + 1) - 3(p + 3) - 2p (l) 3(5q - 3) + 9(q + 4) - 7(2p + 1)
(m) 4(5t - 8) - 3(6 + 6t) (n) 3(3h - 5) + 7h + 3(2h + 4)
(o) 5(2y + 5) - 3(4y - 7) + 8y (p) 3r(2j - 6) + 4r(3j + 6) + 9jr
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(q) 9y(3x - 2) + 10y + 7(5 - 3x) (r) 7(4ep - 3) + 4(7 + 8pe)

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