Worksheet

Chapter 3: Algebra 1
Simplify the following algebraic expressions.
1. 2x + 3x + x + 4x 2. 3ab × 4a 3. 3x2y × 6x3y2 4. 8xy
2x
Solve the following equations:
5. 3x + 7 = 22 6. 8x + 23 = 7 7. 3x – 7 = 5x – 1 8. 12x – 47 = 23x – 12

Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations:

3x  2 y 20 1
4x  3 y 34 3x  4 y 7 x y 2
9. 10. 11. 12. 2
5x  y 3 2 x  y 16 5x  3 y  27 2x  5 y 5
13. Einstein’s equation relating energy, mass and the speed of light is E = mc . 2

Find E when m = 0∙003 kg and c = 3 × 108 m/s.

14. The sum of five consecutive odd numbers is 7325. Find the five numbers.
Factorise the following expressions completely:
15. 12x – 9y 16. 3xy2 + 6x2 yz 17. 6pr – 2qr + 15 ps – 5qs 18. x2 + 5x − 6
19. 4x2 – 25 20*. 48x2 + 50x – 75 21*. 12x3 – 147x5y6

Solve the following equations, giving your answers correct to two decimal places
where necessary:

22. 1 (7 x  4) 1
( x  7) 23. 8 24
24. x2 + 3x +2 = 0
5 2 x2 x2
25*. 6x2 – 13x + 5 = 0 26*. 6x2 – 13x + 3 = 0
27*. The perimeter of a rectangle is 98 cm and the diagonal is 41 cm. Find the
area of the rectangle.
28*. A right angled triangle has sides of length 8, x – 1 and x + 1. Find the two
possible triangles.
29*. If a right angled triangle has hypotenuse of length x + 1 and the other sides
are of length 2n and x – 1, find x in terms of n.

* next to a question means that it is harder

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Solutions
1. 10x 2. 12a2ba 3. 18x5y3 4. 4y
35
5. x = 5 6. x = –2 7. x = –3 8. x 
11
9. x = 2, y = 7 10. x = 7, y = –2 11. x = –3, y = – 4 12. x = 10, y = –3
13. 2.7 × 1014 14. 1461, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1469

15. 3 4x  3 y 16. 3xy y  2 xz 17. 2r  5s 3 p  q 18. x  6 x  1

19. 2x  5 2 x  5 20*. 8x  15 6 x  5
2
21*. 3x 3 4  49x 2 y 6 3x3 22  7 xy 3 3x3 2  7 xy 3 2  7 xy 3

22. x = 3 23. x = 4 24. x = –2, –1

1 5
25*. 3x  5 2 x  1 0 Ÿ x ,
2 3
26*. x = 0.26, 1.90 (correct to 2 d.p.)
27*. Rectangle is 9 cm by 40 cm. Area = 360 cm2.
2 2
82 x 1  x 1 Ÿx 31
28*. 2 2
.
82  x  1 x 1 Ÿ x 16
The two possible triangles are 8, 31  1, 31  1 and 8, 15, 17
2 2 2
29*. 2n  x  1 x 1 Ÿ 4n 2  x 2  2 x  1 x 2  2 x  1 Ÿ x n2

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