14/01/23

EXPANDING BRACKETS

Learning objective
To be able to expand single and double brackets to get a quadratic expression

Keywords
Indices, expand, brackets
WHAT A GCSE EXAM QUESTION LOOKS LIKE
KEY INFORMATION

When expanding single brackets,

multiply everything inside the bracket
with what is outside them

4(a + 6) 4a + 24

x
EXAMPLE

3( 𝑥 +2) ¿ 3 𝑥+6

𝑥 +2
3 3𝑥 +6
EXAMPLE

9( 𝑥 +3) ¿ 9 𝑥+27

𝑥 +3
9 9𝑥 +27
EXAMPLE

4 ( 𝑦 − 6) ¿ 4 𝑦 −24

𝑦 −6
4 4𝑦 −24
EXAMPLE

−3 (𝑥 +5) ¿ −3 𝑥 −15

𝑥 +5
−3 −3 𝑥 −15
AFL

4(y + 2)

A) 4y + 2 B) y + 8

C) 4y + 8 D) 6y
AFL

7(y - 9)

A) 7y - 9 B) 7y - 63

C) 7y - 54 D) 7y - 16
AFL

3(4 – y)

A) 3y - 12 B) 12 – 3y

C) 12 - y D) 7 - y
FLUENCY
EXAMPLE

3(2 𝑥+3) ¿ 6 𝑥+ 9

2𝑥 +3
3 6𝑥 +9
EXAMPLE

−5 (4 𝑥 − 7) ¿ −20 𝑥+ 35

4𝑥 −7
−5 −20 𝑥 +35
EXAMPLE

2(− 𝑥 − 8) ¿ −2 𝑥 −16

−𝑥 −8
2 −2 𝑥 −16
AFL

3(2y + 2)

A) 6y + 6 B) 6y - 6

C) 5y + 6 D) 6y + 2
AFL
EXAMPLE

2
𝑥( 𝑥+ 2) ¿ 𝑥 +2 𝑥

𝑥 +2
𝑥 𝑥 2
+2 𝑥
EXAMPLE

2
𝑥( 𝑥 − 7) ¿ 𝑥 −7 𝑥

𝑥 −7
𝑥 𝑥 2
−7 𝑥
EXAMPLE

2
𝑥(3 𝑥 +3) ¿ 3 𝑥 +3 𝑥

3𝑥 +3
𝑥 3𝑥 2
+3 𝑥
EXAMPLE

2
4 𝑥 (𝑥 − 4) ¿ 4 𝑥 −16 𝑥

𝑥 −4
4𝑥 4𝑥 2
−16 𝑥
FLUENCY
EXTENSION – IN YOUR BOOKS
EXAMPLE

2
2 𝑎(3 𝑎− 4) ¿ 6 𝑎 − 8 𝑎

3𝑎 −4
2𝑎 6𝑎 2
−8 𝑎
EXAMPLE

2
− 4 𝑝 (6 𝑝 +2) ¿ −24 𝑝 − 8 𝑝

6𝑝 +2
− 4𝑝 −24 𝑝 2
−8𝑝
EXAMPLE

2
3 𝑎(5 𝑏+2 𝑎) ¿ 15 𝑎𝑏+6 𝑎

5𝑏 +2 𝑎
3𝑎 15 𝑎𝑏 +6 𝑎 2
FLUENCY
FLUENCY - ANSWERS
EXAMPLE

When dealing with two single

brackets, expand each bracket
separately before adding or
subtracting at the end
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
FLUENCY
WHAT A GCSE EXAM QUESTION LOOKS LIKE
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Cwk 14/01/23
Unit 2
Algebraic EXPANDING BRACKETS
manipulation &
sequences

Learning objective
To be able to expand single and double brackets to get a quadratic expression

Keywords
Indices, expand, brackets
WHAT A GCSE EXAM QUESTION LOOKS LIKE
KEY INFORMATION

When expanding double brackets,

multiply each term by every other
term

This can be best shown in a grid

EXAMPLE

2
= 𝑥 +5 𝑥+6
𝑥 +3
𝑥 𝑥 2
+3 𝑥

+2 +2 𝑥 +6
2
𝑥 +3 𝑥+2 𝑥+6
2
𝑥 +5 𝑥+6
EXAMPLE

2
= 𝑐 − 𝑐 −12
𝑐 +3
𝑐 𝑐 2
+3 𝑐

−4 − 4𝑐 −12
2
𝑐 +3 𝑐 − 4 𝑐 − 12
2
𝑐 − 𝑐 −12
AFL
AFL
FLUENCY
FLUENCY -ANSWERS
EXTENSION

Super confident (1) Super confident (2)

Expand and simplify

Expand and simplify
(x + 1)2 + (x + 3)2
(3x – 5)2

Super confident (3) Super confident (4)

Expand and simplify Expand and simplify

(a – 4)2 – (a + 2)2 (7 – 3x)(2 – 2x)

EXAMPLE

2
= 6 𝑥 −7 𝑥 − 5
3𝑥 −5
2𝑥 6𝑥 2
−10 𝑥

+1 +3 𝑥 −5
2
6 𝑥 −10 𝑥+ 3 𝑥 −5
2
6 𝑥 −7 𝑥 − 5
EXAMPLE
AFL
AFL
FLUENCY
FLUENCY -ANSWERS
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algebraic
expression for
each of the boxes
that make up the
square.
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