1.

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
TICKET 1(a)
Simplify each of
following
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

the

6 + 2(2n 8)
8 3(v + 2)
8 2(n + 5)
7 2(x + 1)
5 2 (w 6)
5 2(1 v)
18 (2 m)
14 3(3 2x)
2h 3(2h 2)
5m 3(2 m)
TICKET 1(d)
Simplify each of the
following
(a) (4e 3) 6(e 2)
(b) 14 3(3 2x)
(c) 6 + 2(2n 8)
(d) (3f + 1) (4f 7)
(e) 5m 3(2 m)
(f) (3b + 1) (2b 7)
(g) 8 2(n + 5)
(h) 7(2p + 1) 4(3p + 2)
(i) (2p 3) (4 3p)
(j) 5(3p + 3) 3(2p 7)
TICKET 1(g)
Simplify each of the
following as a single
fraction in its simplest
form.
7
5m + 2

(a)
12m 12m 2
7 1(j)
m4
TICKET
TICKET
1(m)

(b)
Factorise12
completely
m 4m 2
5 e 29 3ew 3 f
+
(a)
(c)
23n
(a) x 16e 6n 2ef

(b) 1 x24 1 1 12
p

2
(c) 4
(d)3x 2
(b)
x( x 3)
(d) x22mx9 3 mp

(e) x 25

2
(f) 36 1 x m + 2
(g) (c)4x2 9
2
2m 9x
2
6m
(h) 100
1
5 2v

(d)
5m 15mv

TICKET 1(b)
Simplify each of the
following
(a) 3(2f 5) (3 2f)
(b) (2p 3) (4 3p)
(c) (4e 3) 6(e 2)
(d) (3f + 1) (4f 7)
(e) (3b + 1) (2b 7)
(f) (2p 3) (4 3p)
(g) 5(3p + 3) 3(2p 7)
(h) 7(2p + 1) 4(3p + 2)

TICKET 1(c)
Simplify each of the
following:
(a) 9y 3(y 2)
(b) (2x y) (x 5y)
(c) 2x 2(3 x)
(d) 3[m 2(m 4)]
(e) 7x 4(x 5)
(f) 4(3 + q) + 6q 2
(g) 4[2x 4(x 3)]
(h) 7q 3 5(2 + q)
(i) 3h 4(6 5h) 7
(j) 6(1 2x) + 4x + 10
(k) 7x 3(x 4)

TICKET 1(e)
Simplify each of the
following
(a) 8 3(v + 2)
(b) 3p 4(2p 3)
(c) 18 (2 m)
(d) 3(2f 5) (3 2f)
(e) 2h 3(2h 2)
(f) 5 2 (w 6)
(g) 7 2(x + 1)
(h) 5 2(1 v)
(i) (2p 3) (4 3p)
(j) 3(y 3) (y 3)
(k) 4(2x y) (8x 4y)

TICKET 1(f)
x x
+
(a)
2 3
x x

(b)
3 4
3y y

(c)
5 2
3n n

(d)
4 3

TICKET 1(h)
Simplify
1 m+2

(a)
2 m 6m 2
h+3 2h

(b)
3h
h
1 3+ r

(c)
3k 1(k)
12kr
TICKET
5 h2
(d)p 1 p
6
e 2eh
(a)
3m2( h +m
1) 4 e
(e)2 4 n
2e
eh
(b)
3n 9n 2
p3 p+2

(c)
p
p2
1 n4

(d)
2n 79
10n 2

TICKET 1(i)

(e)

x y 2x + y

3
3

2k + 3 k + 2

3
2
n n2 6
(b)

3
12n
3+ h k h

(c)
3h
hk
TICKET
1(l)
3
k

m
6m
Factorise

(d) completely
2m
(a) 3x2 +mk
9
2 3x
3
y
(b)(e)8y 5y
2
(c) 15xx + 215 x ( x + 2 )
(d) 9m 6m2
(e) 3n2 9
(f) 3x x2
(g) 4k2 + 16
(h) 2x2 + 8x
(i) 3y2 + 12y
(j) 16 + 2n2
(k) 5n 15n2
(a)

TICKET 1(m)
Factorise completely

TICKET 1(n)
Factorise completely

(h) 9y 49
(i) 25r2 64
(j) 81 9x2
(k) 12 3x2
(l) 3x2 48
(m) 50 2m2
(n) 75 3m2

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)

TICKET 1(p)

9y 49
25r2 64
81 9x2
12 3x2
3x2 48
50 2m2
75 3m2

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

TICKET 1(q)

Factorise
(a) y2 15y + 54
(b) y2 11y + 24
(c) y2 8y + 16
(d) y2 6y + 9
(e) y2 11y + 30
(f) y2 14y + 48
TICKET
(g) y2 1(s)
9y + 14
Expand
(h) y2 10y + 21
(i) y+2 3s)(r
10y + 24
(a)
(a) (2r
(3k 2 5)2 6s)
12y)++324mn.
(b) ((j)my 2n
(b) ( 6x + 23 ) +2 ( 3 2 4x )
(c) (p q) (p q )
.
(d) (2p q)2 + q(4p q)
(c) ( p 4 )2 2 ( 3 +
(e) 3(x 1) 3 (x + 3)
2p ).
(f) (x 1)2 + 2(x 6)
(d)
y+
(g) (( 3y
2x +
15))((5x
+36).).
(e)
4y5)
1 2) 2y.
(h) ((3k
(f)
2p( 3 3 ).
(i) 7p
( 6x++23+) ( +
4x )
(g) (.3x y ) + y ( 6x
(j) y
( p). 4 ) 2 ( 3 +
2p ).

TICKET 1(o)
Factorise

Factorise
(a) m2 + 8m 20
(b) m2 + 5m 14
(c) m2 + 4m 21
(d) m2 + 2m 15
(e) m2 + 5m 50
(f) m2 + 2m 48
TICKET
(g) m21(t)
+ m 30
Expand
(h) m2 + 5m 36
m2+n)
m2 56
(a) (i)
(3m
2
2
(j) m 1)
+ 3m
40 + 4)
(b) (3x
(7x
(2p q)2 + q(4p q)
3(2p 5) + (p 3)2
5(2p + 1) + (p 5)2
( 3x + y ) x ( 2y
x ).
(g) x + y80
( x y ).
(h) ( 3y + 5 ) ( y + 3 ).
(i) ( 4y 1 ) 2y.
(j) 7p + 2 + ( 2p 3 ).
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

x2 + 2x + 1
x2 + 4x + 3
x2 + 5x + 6
x + 7x + 12
x + 6x + 8
x2 + 4x + 4
x2 + 10x + 25
x2 + 8x + 15
x2 + 9x + 18
x2 + 10x + 24

TICKET 1(r)
Factorise
completely
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

p2 3p 18
p2 4p 32
p2 5p 50
p2 7p 30
p2 4p 21
p2 10p 24
p2 3p 28
p2 4p 5
p2 p 72
p2 2p 63

4.

INDICES
TICKET
TICKET
4(d)
4(a)
7(g)
Simplify
Simplify
(a) 2)3n x35y228 92
(a) (xy
2 f1 3 )323 2 3 e 6 f 451 31
(b)
(b)
2m(2pn q ) 2mp q
(a) (e
n
2 e 1. 1
(c) 3e

6
(c)
p44 2
(d) 3e3 pe 1
1 e
4
3
(b) (d)
1f
q)3-42)2e 4ef22pq
(e) (9e 2pf(ef
1
(e) 3x-3 (2x2)2
(f) ((4x 3py2 q2))412 (xp62y)44 ( p 2 q 3 ) 2
(c)
6
(f)
hm25n 4
(g) (m 0 nh2 ) 33
(d)

( )

( )

( )

(3 p(g)
(h)
(3er )2 2fn32 )(3pr
8n2e)636 3f 4(2 p 4 r 5 )
.

TICKET 4(b)
4(e)
TICKET 7(h) TICKET4(c)
TICKET 4(f)
Simplify
Simplify
Simplify
Simplify
( 4h 4 k 3 ) 2
(a) 3x-3
k 4 (2x
k2)2
(a)
(a)
2
(a) (eh43h)62k (e 3h7)
(b) (2x3-33)2 2 5x
4
(a) (m
) k m -2
(b) (m2n3)2 (m1n5)
(c) h4 k25 3 4(h2 -1 k)
(b) (b)
(2p (q23)m k ) 3 (k 3 ) 2 m 4(c)
k 7 4a
m26bc2k2 20b2c
2m2 3n 1 2 2
(b)
3
2
(c)
(2m ) 2 (m )
(d) 54abc
(d) (c)
k 4 9bc
9 2 6 3
2 3

f
3mn
e1 f 2
6 3e
3
(d) (p r )81 p r
10a 2 b
2 4
22
(d)4 x(2mk
) (k 2) 3 m 5(e)
k 9 8 p2q
5ab 4
4r
(e)
1
23
(e)

(c)
2
( r3xm)
2 pq 2

( ( ) )
(

TICKET 4(i)
Simplify
(a) (m3)2 m4
3r
(b) 2 3
r m
(c) (pm 2)3 m7
(d) (m 1 h 3 ) 3 m 2 h 2 .

(e)

( )
(m e )

m6

1
9e 2 2

1
3 6 3

TICKET4(j)
Calculate the value of
3

(a) 16 4
(b)

64

(c) 27
(d)
(e)

64

(b)

2
3

2 2 27 3

(c) 2 3 64

4
3

3
2

TICKET 4(k)
Calculate the value of
(a) 3 3 81.

(d)

2 27

82

5
6

(f) 3 3 4

(e) 64 3 3 2
(f)

2 3 64

2
3

2
3

TICKET 4(l)
Evaluate
1

TICKET 4(m)
Calculate the value of

( )

(a) 53

(a) 9 2 81 4 7 0
1

(c) 3 2 2 3
2

( )

TICKET 4(p)
Calculate the value of

TICKET 4(q)
3

(c) 27 3 2 1

2
3
(b) 7 343
3
70

( )

2
3

8 27

(c)

(d) 32 18 2 2 2

3
4

16 9

3
2

(d)

3 2 12 2
2

3
4

83
1

(e) 3 2 18 2 2 2

TICKET 4(r)
Solve

TICKET 4(s)
Find

(a) 312 3m = 32
(b) 2 3 64 = 2n
2p
(c) 38 ( 3) = 30

(a)

(d) 32 23 = 2 x
(e) 2 1 32 = 2 x

(c)

(a) 5 2 5 2
(b) 8 + 3 27

(a) 64 3 3 2

1
1

(c) 3 33 2 2

1
3

(e)

14 13
(d) 5 5 3

3
13
8 42
(b)

6
2
32
(c) 5 51

(b) 23 2 2 22

1
16 4

1
4

(e) 5 2 8 3 36 2
TICKET 4(o)
Calculate the value of

2
83

6 6 60

12
8 3
(c)

4

1
3 1
(a) 4 2 33 33

3
2

2
3

(d) 8 3 16 4 2

(a) 64 6 4 2

55

3
2

(b)

(b) 38 4 2 36

TICKET 4(n)
Calculate the value of

(f) x2 = 27 3 16 2

Simplify

2 2 16

( )

(b) 7 2

(d)

TICKET 4(t)

78

3 27
4
3

3
4

8 2

2
3

3
83 2

(e) 5 1 25

(a) (2xy2)3 4x3y

) ( mn )
m (16n )
(m n )

(d) 8n 6 n 3

1 2

1
2 2

(e)

1
3

1
8 4

3. ALGEBRAIC FORMULAE
TICKET 3(a)

TICKET 3(b)

(a) h = 2k 3
[k]3(g)
TICKET
3(d)

(a) mk = 5
TICKET 3(h)
3(e)k
[m]
(a) 3p
x(2y= +2m
m)
[m]
b =r 3y,
(b) m
a=
(b)
n(4 3m) = n,
(b) my yb=7,
1
r

1
=
k
(c)
(c) 325 px = 2y,
h
(c) h =
ry 3
n
(d) kx =
,
ry + p2+ h) = k
(d) h k(4
pf m p)84
(e) pr = q(3
=q
(e) 5 = 2 f, ,
gp
(f) 2m an(3
+ b + m) = n,
(f) a =
,
c

k +5

(b) 2pq= p = pp
(a)
(a) pr = 42 ,
rr
qn ( 2 pm )
1m
=
(c)
(b)
,
(b) m =2kr n=mk
2r
5
ab k p
= 2=a 1,
(d) p + [m]
(c)
62x m m
(c) q 5 = p3 x
y =5r= q ,
(e) pq
(d)
q
r5
kp = mk
(d)
r
(e) 2mr = ,
q
q
7 w
(e) w =

TICKET 3(c)

[k]
[p]
[p]
[r]
[n]
[a]
[p]
[y]
[q]
[p]
[k]
[r]
[w]

[y]
[b]
[n]
[y]
[p]
[x]
[h]
[y]
[r]
[h]
[p]
[p]
[f]
[m]
[a]

(a) mp = 6
p
TICKET 3(f)
[m] n + 3
m =p r(7
(a) (b)
, + p) =[n]r
2n
m [p]
3= m,
(b)
[m]
(c)
n 5h k(5 h) = k
[h]
3
e
e6k= x,
(c)
[e]
(d)
d
5 = kx k
3
2 1
(d) p = [x]+
,
[q]
kq(1 2rq)
(e)
[k]
3 y + =7 r
(e) y + x 1=+ k
,
[y] .
x

TICKET 3(i)
3a 2b
,
[a]
a
m
5
=
,
[m]
m 5 2n
n+4
m=
,
[n]
2n
m 5

= 3m ,
[m]
y 3y
r(p 5) = p(5 r), [p]

(a) w =
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

TICKET 3(j)

TICKET 3(k)

(a) r2 + 7 = p

[r]

(b) k = 9 2p2

[p]

(c) 3 h 1 = k
mn
= 3,
(d)
TICKET
m + 5n3(m)
2p 3
(e) x = 3y2 += 62 p 5
(a)
s 3
(b) + 23pn = nk
r2,
(f) F
3 =
5
(c) ap = 3k 1 ,
(d) xy + xm = 3 y ,

[h]

(e) d = 3 15c ,
2k + 4d
(f) j =
,
3d
(g) h k(4 + h) = k,

[n]
[p]
[y]
[s]
[n]
[a]
[x]
[c]
[d]
[h]

TICKET 3(l)

(a) k =

3 p
,
2

[p]

(a) u =

(b) d =

xy
,
x2

[x]

(b)

2n
(c) m 3(n)
=
,
TICKET
3
(a) km = 3(2k + p),
m pp ==3 , 1 3r
(b) (d)

[e]
[k]
[p]
[r]

2
2r
=2,
(c) 2k
3
vw
(d) u =
,
v +1
85
x 1 2
= ,
(e)
x +1 y

[k]
[v]
[x]

vw
v +1

r2
=3
h

pq
TICKET
(c) s = 3(0)
5qr 2
=4
(a) 2k
h3( 2m 1)
(d) m = 2
(b) k = 1 2h
2p 1
2( p 3)
=5
(c)
k
4y 3
=2
(d)
y+ p
5m mn
(e) F =
6

[v]
[r]
[q]
[k]
[h]
[p]
[p]
[y]
[m]

TICKET 3(p)

TICKET 3(q)

w
1+ w
2t
=3
n 1

(a) y =

[w]

(a)

(b)

[n]

(b) y =

[m]

(c)

1 m
3 K
k 1 k2
(d)
=
2
3k
(e) p r (7 p) = r,
(c) T =

[k]
[r]

(c)

r
2p

p +1

(e)

2y
x

1 = k

(d) y + 3 x =
5x 2 y
3

9
xy

8y
5

( x 32)

[x]

(b) x

=3

[y]

(c)

(a) d =

[y]

(b)

= xy + x

[x]
[x]

= e 3d

(a)

[p]

[p]

[n]

[x]
[p]

xy
x2

m
= n 2 4m
3
p(1 m )
(c) m =
p +1
d
5
(d)

= 3d
e 2e
8y
(e) y + 3 x =
5
86

1
y

= xy
=

2
n

[e]
[x]

[m]
m2
d
5

= 3d
(d)
[d]
e 2e
(e) 2m n(3 + m) = n [m]

TICKET 3(t)

32

(b) 3 x 4 y =

5 = 2m

5x 4 y
1
(d) y + = 5
x
(e) r (2p + q) = 3p,

TICKET 3(s)
(a) t =

TICKET 3(r)

[x]
[x]
[m]
[d]
[y]

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