Expanding Brackets

y ( 2 y 3)

1.

Expand

2.

Expand and simplify

(a)

x ( x 2)

(k)

x 2 x( x 2)

(b)

2(3 4 y )

(l)

4( x 2) (3 x)

(c)

2( x 3) 3(2 x 1)

(m)

(3 4x) 2

(d)

3( x 4) 2(5 x 1)

(n)

(1 x) 2 ( x 2) 2

(e)

x(2 x 1) 2 x(5 x)

(o)

(4x 3)(x 2) (2 x) 2

(f)

(2 x 1)( x 4)

(p)

( x 2)(2x 2 x 1)

(g)

( x 3)( x 5)

(q)

x( x 4)( x 5)

(h)

x 2 x( x 1)

(r)

( x 1)( x 2)( x 3)

(i)

5(2 x 1) (2 x 3)

(s) 6(5t + 3u) - 2(5t + 2u)

(j)

( x 3)( x 4)

(t)

2x 2 (4xy 5) 8 yx3 9x 2

x 2 (4 x)

3.

Multiply out

4.

Expand 3(2y 5)
(2012 June NC)

5.

(a) Expand 4(3x + 5)

(b) Expand and simplify 2(x-4) + 3(x + 5)
(c) Expand and simplify (x + 4) (x + 6)
5 marks (2012 Nov)

6.

Expand and simplify (p + 9) (p 4)

2 mark (2012 June/C)

7.

(a) Expand

x ( x 2)

(b) Expand and simplify

( x 3)( x 4)
4 marks (2011 J/NC)

8.

Expand and simplify (3x + 5)(4x 1)

2 marks (2011 June/C)

9.

(a) Expand 3(2 + t)

(b) Expand

3x(2 x 5)

(c) Expand and simplify (m + 3) (m + 10)

5 marks (2013 J/NC)