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WORKSHEET- ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND IDENTITIES

Grade: 8 Subject: Mathematics
Date:

1. Find the product

a) 4a × 3b × 2c
b) 6(6a2+7b)
c) (2p +5) and (4p - 3)

2. Use suitable identity to find the answer:

a) (y+5)2
b) (x-1)2
c) (c+2)(c-2)

3. Simplify 5x2(3x – 2) + 3 and find its values for i) x = 2 ii) x = 3

4. Find the area of the rectangle whose length is 10p + 7q and breadth is 3r.
5. What is the volume of a rectangular box of sides x2y , xy2 and 3xy.
6. Evaluate using a suitable identity
(i) (98)2
(ii) 204 X 208
7. Simplify: (a + b) 2 + (a – b) 2
8. Verify that (5x + 8)2 – 160x = (5x – 8)2
9. Simplify the expression: (x + y + z)(x + y – z)

10. Find the value of (x - y) (x + y) + (y – z) (y + z) + (z – x) (z + x)

Answers
1. a) 24abc
b) 36a2+42b
c) 8p2+14p-15

2. a) y2+10y+25
b) x2-2x+1
c) c2-4
3. i) 83, ii)318
4. 30pr+21qr
5. 3x4y4
6. i) 9604 ii) 42432
7. 2a2+2b2
8. LHS=RHS
9. x2+y2-z2+2xy
10. 0