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Worksheet 8: Algebraic Expressions (Term 2) Grade 8 Mathematics

This document provides a worksheet with 7 problems on algebraic expressions for grade 8 mathematics. The problems involve identifying constants and variables, finding coefficients and degrees of expressions, simplifying expressions, and evaluating expressions given specific variable values.

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Worksheet 8: Algebraic Expressions (Term 2) Grade 8 Mathematics

This document provides a worksheet with 7 problems on algebraic expressions for grade 8 mathematics. The problems involve identifying constants and variables, finding coefficients and degrees of expressions, simplifying expressions, and evaluating expressions given specific variable values.

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Worksheet 8: Algebraic Expressions (Term 2)

Grade 8 Mathematics

1. Identify the constants in each of these expressions:

a) 3𝑥 2 + 5 + 6𝑥 − 7𝑦 b) 56𝑥𝑦 + 82𝑦 2 − 13𝑥 − 15

2. Identify the variables in each of these expressions:

a) 5𝑥 2 𝑦 3 + 6𝑧 − 9𝑝 b) 5𝑥 5 + 8𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 3 − 7𝑥 2 + 8

3. Given the following expressions:

a) 6𝑥 2 𝑦 − 7𝑥𝑦 3 + 8𝑥𝑦 − 9

b) 11𝑚𝑛 + 12𝑚2 𝑛2 − 15𝑚3 + 3𝑛3 + 12

c) 11𝑎𝑏 3 − 16𝑎2 𝑏 + 4𝑎3 𝑏

For each of the given expressions answer the following questions:

i) How many terms are in the expression?

ii) Give the coefficient of:

a) 𝑦3 b) 𝑚 c) 𝑎2

iii) Give the constant for each expression.

iv) What is the degree of each expression?

v) Find the value of each expression if

a) 𝑥 = 3, 𝑦 = −3

b) 𝑚 = 2, 𝑛 = −1

c) 𝑎 = −2, 𝑏 = 2

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4. Simplify the following expressions

a) 4𝑥(3𝑥 + 7) − 8𝑥(2𝑥 − 4) b) 𝑦(3𝑦 2 − 8𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑥 2 ) + 3𝑥(2𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑦)

c) 6(5𝑥 − 12) − 9𝑥(2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 7) d) 𝑦 2 (4𝑦 2 − 8) − 4𝑦(𝑦 3 + 6𝑦)

e) 𝑦(8𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 4) − (3𝑥 + 7𝑦 2 ) f) 4𝑥 2 𝑦(3𝑥𝑦 − 7𝑥 2 + 8𝑦 2 ) − 3𝑥𝑦 2 (12𝑥𝑦 − 8)

g) 11𝑥𝑦𝑧(3𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 12𝑧) + 3𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 h) 8𝑥𝑦 2 (7𝑥 2 𝑦 − 3𝑥𝑦) + 3(4𝑥 3 𝑦 3 − 7𝑥𝑦 3 )

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i) 2
𝑥𝑦(8𝑥𝑦 + 12𝑥 2 − 14𝑦 2 ) − 3𝑥 2 (7𝑦 2 − 11𝑥𝑦)

1 1
j) (6𝑥𝑦 + 12𝑥 2 𝑦) − (16𝑦 2 𝑥 + 24𝑥 2 𝑦 2 )
3𝑥 4𝑦

5. Simplify the following expressions

15𝑥 3 +35𝑥𝑦 2 −45𝑥 2 𝑦 13𝑥𝑦−26𝑥 2 𝑦+39𝑥


a) 5𝑥
b) 13𝑥𝑦

−64𝑡 3 +48𝑡 2 −16𝑡 5𝑥 2 𝑦+20𝑥𝑦−15


c) 8𝑡 2
d) 20

16𝑥 2 −8𝑥 2 16𝑥 3 −8𝑥 2 +24𝑥 4


e) 4𝑥 2 −1
f) 5𝑥 3 +3𝑥 3

6𝑎 4 𝑏2+12𝑎2 𝑏4 −18𝑎2 𝑏2 18𝑥 2 𝑦 2 −36𝑥 4 𝑦 2 +54𝑥 2 𝑦 4 −63𝑥𝑦


g) 2𝑎𝑏(3𝑎𝑏)
h) 3𝑥 2 (−3𝑦2 )

−81𝑥 2 𝑦 2 +21𝑥−15𝑥𝑦+18𝑥 3 𝑦+9 24𝑥 3 𝑦+64𝑥𝑦−36𝑦 2


i) j)
9𝑥𝑦−12𝑥𝑦 15𝑥 2 −9𝑥 2 +2𝑥 2

6. Simplify the following expressions

3
a) (4𝑥𝑦 2 )2 + √−27𝑥 6 b) √9𝑥 2 𝑦 4 + 16𝑥 2 𝑦 4

3 3
c) √(5𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 3 )3 d) √64𝑎6 𝑏12 + √64𝑎6 𝑏12

3
e) 3𝑥(√9𝑥 4 ) + 3𝑥(√−27𝑥 6 )

2
7. If 𝑎 = −4, 𝑏 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = , find the value of each of these expressions
3

a) 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 + 1 b) 4𝑎2 + 7𝑏 − 6𝑐 + 9𝑎𝑏𝑐 2

c) 6𝑎 + 𝑏(3𝑎 − 6𝑐) + 12 d) √9𝑎2 𝑐 − 𝑎𝑏

3𝑎+12𝑏2 −𝑐
e) 𝑎

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