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01 Algebraic
expressions
1. Express the following as a simplified single expression.
(2x + 3) – (x – 2)
2x
10. The area of a chessboard is given as 64x2 – 256x + 256 cm2. Find an expression for
the length of a single square on the board.
Extension
1, 1, 2, 3, 5… and 2, 5, 7, 12, 19… are examples of Fibonacci sequences. Show that the
sum of the first ten terms of any Fibonacci sequence is always 11(5a + 8b) where a and b
are the first 2 terms.
Answers
1. x + 5
2. 2x8
3. 3x2 + 5x – 2
4. (x – 2)(x – 5)
5. 2x
a ab b
×b= = ×a
8. 100 100 100
1
9. Area = 2 (2x – 2)(2x – 2) = 2x2 – 4x + 2
10. Factorising by the number of squares gives 64(x2 – 4x + 4), then factorising again to
find the length of the side of each square gives x2 – 4x + 4 = (x – 2)(x – 2). Side length
is x – 2 cm.
Extension
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