NAME: DATE:
ALGEBRA CHECK
TOTAL MARKS = ________ / 54
Remember, to get more than 1 mark, workings must be shown.
Question 1 Question 8
Simplify: 4a + 3c + 7a - 5c Simplify: 7𝑥 × 4𝑥 − 3𝑥 ! × 8
11a – 2c (1 mark for each) 28x2 – 24x2 = 4x2
.......................... (2 marks) .......................... (2 marks)
Question 2 Question 9
Simplify: 2e - 3f + 4e - 7f Here are the rules for an algebra grid.
6e – 10f (1 mark for each)
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 3
Simplify: 𝑎! 𝑏 + 2𝑎𝑏 ! + 8𝑎𝑏 − 7𝑎! 𝑏
-6a2b + 2ab2 + 2ab2 (1 mark for each)
.......................... (3 marks) Use these rules to complete the
Question 4 algebra grids below.
Simplify: 5p × 7 Write your expressions as simply as
35p possible.
.......................... (1 mark)
Question 5
Simplify the following
𝑏×𝑏×𝑐×𝑏×𝑐×5
5b3c2 (1 mark for the coefficient and
one mark for the expression)
......................... (2 marks)
Question 6
Simplify: 5𝑐 ! 𝑑 × 3𝑐 3x 2x
.............. ............ (2 marks)
15c3d 1 mark for the coefficient and
one mark for the expression)
.......................... (2 marks) Question 10
I think of a number 𝑥. I add 5 to this
Question 7 number, then multiply the answer by 2.
Simplify: 15𝑝! − 3𝑝 × 4𝑝 Write an expression in terms of 𝑥 for the
15p2 – 12p2 = 3p2 resulting expression.
2(x + 5) = 2x + 10 (1 mark for expression
.......................... (2 marks) and 1 mark for completed expression)
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 11
The diagram shows a rectangle. Question 14
Its dimensions are 3a by 5b The perimeter of the
equilateral triangle drawn is
9𝑏 + 12.
The shape below is
made of four of
these triangles.
Find a simplified
expression for its
Write a simplified expression for the perimeter.
perimeter of this rectangle.
15ab 3 (3b + 4)
6 (3b + 4) = 18b + 24
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 12
The perimeter of the pentagon is equal
to the perimeter of the square.
.......................... (4 marks)
Question 15
Karen has three times the number of
cherries that Lionel has, and twice the
Find an expression for the length of one number of cherries that Michael has.
side of the square. Michael has seven more cherries than
Give your answer in terms of 𝑥 in its Lionel. How many cherries do Karen,
simplest form. Lionel and Michael have altogether?
5x + 3 + 7x + 4 + 9x – 10 + 5x + 8 + 2x + 3 3L = K. 2M = K
= 4y M=L+7
28x + 8 = 4y 2(L + 7) = 2L + 14 = K
y = 7x + 2 3L = 2L + 14
L = 14
K = 3(14) = 42
.......................... (4 marks) M = 14 + 7 = 21
L + K + M = 14 + 42 + 21 = 77
Question 13
In four years’ time Evie will be three .......................... cherries (4 marks)
times older than she was two years
ago. How old will Evie be in one year’s
time?
x + 4 = 3(x – 2)
x + 4 = 3x – 6
4 + 6 = 3x - x
10 = 2x
x=5
5+1=6
.......................... year-old (3 marks)
Question 16 Question 19
In this 'multiplication tower', the Work out the value of 𝑥 " − 2𝑥 + 7 when
expression in each box is the product 𝑥 = −2.5
of the two expressions below it. (-2.5)3 – 2(-2.5) + 7
Determine the expression in the box = -15.625 + 5 + 7
indicated with the question mark. = -3.625
.......................... (3 marks)
Question 20
# !
Substitute 𝑝 = ! and 𝑞 = " into the
expression 𝑞 − 𝑝! .
a2 b ab2c Give your answer in its simplest form.
a3 b3 c
2 1 2 2 1 8-3 5
- : ; = - = =
3 2 3 4 12 12
.......................... (3 marks)
Question 17
Find a simplified expression for the area
of the rectangle drawn below. .......................... (2 marks)
Question 21
Expand: 4(2y + 3)
8y + 12
.......................... (1 mark)
18xy Question 22
Expand and simplify:
.......................... (2 marks)
3(c - 7) + 2(3c + 4)
3c – 21 + 6c + 8 = 18c – 13
Question 18
Gill uses the formula
ℎ = 2𝑓𝑔 .......................... (2 marks)
Find the value of 𝑔 when ℎ = 18 and Question 23
𝑓=6 Expand and simplify:
18 = 2(6)g 3(4x + 1) - 2(2x + 2)
18 = 12g 12x + 3 – 2x – 4 = 10x – 1
g = 3/2 = 1.5g
.......................... (2 marks)
𝑔 = .......................... (2 marks)
NAME: DATE:
ALGEBRA CHECK
TOTAL MARKS = ________ / 54
Remember, to get more than 1 mark, workings must be shown.
Question 1 Question 8
Simplify: 4a + 3c + 7a - 5c Simplify: 7𝑥 × 4𝑥 − 3𝑥 ! × 8
11a – 2c (1 mark for each) 28x2 – 24x2 = 4x2
.......................... (2 marks) .......................... (2 marks)
Question 2 Question 9
Simplify: 2e - 3f + 4e - 7f Here are the rules for an algebra grid.
6e – 10f (1 mark for each)
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 3
Simplify: 𝑎! 𝑏 + 2𝑎𝑏 ! + 8𝑎𝑏 − 7𝑎! 𝑏
-6a2b + 2ab2 + 8ab (1 mark for each)
.......................... (3 marks) Use these rules to complete the
Question 4 algebra grids below.
Simplify: 5p × 7 Write your expressions as simply as
35p possible.
.......................... (1 mark)
Question 5
Simplify the following
𝑏×𝑏×𝑐×𝑏×𝑐×5
5b3c2 (1 mark for the coefficient and
one mark for the expression)
......................... (2 marks)
Question 6
Simplify: 5𝑐 ! 𝑑 × 3𝑐 3x 2x
.............. ............ (2 marks)
15c3d 1 mark for the coefficient and
one mark for the expression)
.......................... (2 marks) Question 10
I think of a number 𝑥. I add 5 to this
Question 7 number, then multiply the answer by 2.
Simplify: 15𝑝! − 3𝑝 × 4𝑝 Write an expression in terms of 𝑥 for the
15p2 – 12p2 = 3p2 resulting expression.
2(x + 5) = 2x + 10 (1 mark for expression
.......................... (2 marks) and 1 mark for completed expression)
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 11
The diagram shows a rectangle. Question 14
Its dimensions are 3a by 5b The perimeter of the
equilateral triangle drawn is
9𝑏 + 12.
The shape below is
made of four of
these triangles.
Find a simplified
expression for its
Write a simplified expression for the perimeter.
perimeter of this rectangle.
6a + 10b 3 (3b + 4)
6 (3b + 4) = 18b + 24
.......................... (2 marks)
Question 12
The perimeter of the pentagon is equal
to the perimeter of the square.
.......................... (4 marks)
Question 15
Karen has three times the number of
cherries that Lionel has, and twice the
Find an expression for the length of one number of cherries that Michael has.
side of the square. Michael has seven more cherries than
Give your answer in terms of 𝑥 in its Lionel. How many cherries do Karen,
simplest form. Lionel and Michael have altogether?
5x + 3 + 7x + 4 + 9x – 10 + 5x + 8 + 2x + 3 3L = K. 2M = K
= 4y M=L+7
28x + 8 = 4y 2(L + 7) = 2L + 14 = K
y = 7x + 2 3L = 2L + 14
L = 14
K = 3(14) = 42
.......................... (4 marks) M = 14 + 7 = 21
L + K + M = 14 + 42 + 21 = 77
Question 13
In four years’ time Evie will be three .......................... cherries (4 marks)
times older than she was two years
ago. How old will Evie be in one year’s
time?
x + 4 = 3(x – 2)
x + 4 = 3x – 6
4 + 6 = 3x - x
10 = 2x
x=5
5+1=6
.......................... year-old (3 marks)
Question 16 Question 19
In this 'multiplication tower', the Work out the value of 𝑥 " − 2𝑥 + 7 when
expression in each box is the product 𝑥 = −2.5
of the two expressions below it. (-2.5)3 – 2(-2.5) + 7
Determine the expression in the box = -15.625 + 5 + 7
indicated with the question mark. = -3.625
.......................... (3 marks)
Question 20
# !
Substitute 𝑝 = ! and 𝑞 = " into the
expression 𝑞 − 𝑝! .
a2 b ab2c Give your answer in its simplest form.
a3 b3 c
2 1 2 2 1 8-3 5
- : ; = - = =
3 2 3 4 12 12
.......................... (3 marks)
Question 17
Find a simplified expression for the area
of the rectangle drawn below. .......................... (2 marks)
Question 21
Expand: 4(2y + 3)
8y + 12
.......................... (1 mark)
18xy Question 22
Expand and simplify:
.......................... (2 marks)
3(c - 7) + 2(3c + 4)
3c – 21 + 6c + 8 = 9c – 13
Question 18
Gill uses the formula
ℎ = 2𝑓𝑔 .......................... (2 marks)
Find the value of 𝑔 when ℎ = 18 and Question 23
𝑓=6 Expand and simplify:
18 = 2(6)g 3(4x + 1) - 2(2x + 2)
18 = 12g 12x + 3 – 4x – 4 = 8x – 1
g = 3/2 = 1.5g
.......................... (2 marks)
𝑔 = .......................... (2 marks)
