Past Papers Worksheet Algebra IGCSE Mathematics 0580

1. Expand and simplify.

(a) 7(𝓍 – 8) [1] Answers : 7𝓍 – 56
(b) a(a3 + 3) [1] 4
a + 3a
(c) y(3 - y3) [2] 3 𝓎 – 𝓎4
(d) 6(2y - 3) - 5(y + 1) [2] 7𝓎 - 23
(e) 4(2𝓍 + 5) – 5(3 𝓍 - 7) [2] - 7𝓍 + 55
1
(f) ( 6 x−2 )−3(x−1) [2] 2
2
(g) (𝓍 + 3)(𝓍 + 5) [2] 𝓍2 + 8 𝓍 + 15
(h) (5 – n)(3 + n) [2] - n2 + 2n + 15
(i) (x+1)( x+2) + 2x (𝓍 - 3 ) [3] 3 𝓍2 – 3 𝓍 + 2
(j) (𝓍 – 7)2 [2] 𝓍2 – 14 𝓍 + 49
(k) (𝓍 + 4)2 + 5(3𝓍 + 2) [3] 𝓍2 + 23 𝓍 + 26
(l) (2𝓍 - 3)2 – 3𝓍 (𝓍 - 4) [4] 𝓍2 + 9
(m) 16 – 4(3 𝓍 - 2)2 [3] - 36𝓍2 + 48 𝓍
(n) 2(𝓍 – 3)2 – (2𝓍 - 3)2 [3] - 2𝓍2 + 9

2. Factorise completely
(a) 5y - 6py. [1] Answers : y(5 – 6p)
(b) 15k2m – 20m4 [2] 5m(3k2 – 4m3)
(c) 7𝓍7 + 14𝓍14 [2] 7𝓍7(1 + 2𝓍7)
(d) 12𝓍2 + 15 𝓍y – 9 𝓍 [2] 3 𝓍(4 𝓍 + 5 𝓎 - 3)
(e)2a + 4b – a𝓍 – 2b𝓍 [2] (2 – 𝓍)(a + 2b)
(f) u + 4t + u𝓍 + 4t𝓍 [2] (1 + 𝓍)(u + 4t)
(g) a + b + at + bt [2] (1 + t)(a + b)
(h) 2c - 4d -pc +2pd [2] (2 - p)(c – 2d)
(i) 18y – 3ay + 12𝓍 – 2a𝓍 [2] (6 - a)(3y + 2𝓍)
(j) (i)7k2 – 15k [1] (i) k(7k - 15)
(ii) 12(m + p)+8(m+p )2 [2] (ii) 4(m + p)(3 + 2m + 2p)
(k) 7(h + k)2 – 21(h + k) [2] 7(h + k)(h + k -3)
(l) 3(𝓍 - 1)2 + (𝓍 - 1) [2] (𝓍 - 1)(3𝓍 - 2)
(m) 9t2 – u2 [2] (3t + u)(3t - u)
(n) 9w2 – 100 [1] (3w + 10)(3w - 10)
(o) 4y2 – 81 [1] (2y - 9)(2y + 9)
(p) 4p2 – 9 [1] (2p + 3)(2p - 3)
(q) 3𝓍2 – 48 𝓎2 [3] 3(𝓍 + 4𝓎)(𝓍 – 4𝓎)
(r) 2t2 – 98m2 [3] 2(t – 7m)(t + 7m)
(s) 128 – 8t2 [2] 8(4 + t)(4 - t)
(t) 8𝓍2 – 72y2 [3] 8(𝓍 + 3y)(𝓍 – 3y)
(u) 3a2 – 12b2 [3] 3(a + 2b)(a – 2b)
 (v) 5m2 – 20p4 [3] 5(m + 2p2)(m – 2p2)
(w) p2𝓍 -4q2𝓍 [3] 𝓍(p + 2q)(p – 2q)
(x) t2 -6t + 8 [2] (t - 2)(t - 4)
(y) 𝓍2 – 𝓍 – 132 [2] (𝓍 + 11)(𝓍 - 12)
(z) 2𝓍2 – 5 𝓍 – 3 [2] (2 𝓍 + 1)(𝓍 - 3)
(A) 5𝓍2 – 23 𝓍 + 12 [2] (𝓍 - 4)(5 𝓍 - 3)
(B) Complete this statement with an expression in terms of m
18m3 + 9m2 + 14m + 7 = (9m2 + 7)(……..) [2] (2m + 1)

3. (a) Expand and simplify (a + b)2 [1] Answers: a2 + 2ab + b2

(b)Find the value of a2 + b2 when a + b = 6 and ab = 7. [1] 22
4. (a) Expand and simplify (a - b)2 [1] a2 - 2ab + b2
(b)Find the value of a2 + b2 when a - b = 4 and ab = 2. [1] 20
5. (a) Factorise p2 - q2 [1] (p – q)(p + q)
(b) p2 - q2 = 7 and p – q = 2 , Find the value of p + q [2] 3.5

6. Simplify
(a) 5c – d - 3d – 2c [2] Answers : 3c – 4d
2
(b) 5m x 2m [2] 3
10m5
(c) (𝓍8)3 [1] 𝓍24
2
w
(d) 3 [1] 1/w
w
(e) 4𝓍3y x 5𝓍2y [2] 20 𝓍5y2
(f) 36 y5 ÷ 4 y2 [2] 9𝓎3
3
(g) x 3÷ 5 [1] 𝓍8 / 3
x
2
4 (x−6)
(h) [1] 4(𝓍 - 6)
x−6
3 3
x y +2 x y
(i) 2 2 [2] (𝓍2 + 2𝓎2)/
x y
𝓍𝓎
3+ x
(j) 2 [2] 1 / (3 – 𝓍)
9−x
4 +10 w
(k) 2 [4] 1/ (2 – 5w)
8−50 w
2
ab−b
(l) 2 2 [3] b/(a + b)
a −b
 2
x −3 x
(m) 2 [3] x / (𝓍 +
x −9
3)
2 a+2 b+3 ay +3 by
(n) 2 2 [3] (2 + 3y) /
a −b
(a - b)
42np−7 n
(o) [4] 7n /
12 pt−2 t+18 mp−3 m
(2t + 3m)
2
2 x −x−1
(p) 2 [4] (𝓍 – 1)/𝓍
2x +x
2
x +6 x−7
(q) [4] (𝓍 - 1)/ 3
3 x +21
7 x +21
(r) 2 [4] 7/ (2 𝓍+ 3)
2 x +9 x+ 9
2
4 x −16 x
(s) 2 [4] 2𝓍 / (𝓍 + 7)
2 x +6 x−56
2
x −x−20
(t) 3 2 [5] (𝓍 + 4)/ 𝓍 (𝓍 -
x −10 x +25 x
5)
2
h −h−20
(u) 2 [4] (h + 4)/(h + 5)
h −25
2
x −5 x +6
(v ) 2 [4] (𝓍 - 3)/(𝓍 + 2)
x −4
2
2 x +5 x−3
(w) 2 [3] (2𝓍 - 1)/2(𝓍 - 3)
2 x −18
2
x +12 x+ 36
(x) 2 [5] (𝓍 + 6)/(𝓍 - 2)
x +4 x−12
2
x −3 x +2
(y) 2 [4] (𝓍 - 1)/ (𝓍 + 5)
x +3 x−10

7. Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

2
b −9 2
(a) × [2] Answers : (b + 3)/3
6 b−3
x 5x 7 x
(b) + − [2] 5𝓍 /12
2 3 4
x+2 2 x−1
(c) − +1 [3] (-2𝓍 + 23)/ 12
3 4
1 2
(d) + [2] 9 / 10𝓍
2x 5 x
 2 1 1
(e) + + [2] (5 + 𝓍)/ 2 𝓍
x 2x 2
2 3
(f) 1− − [2] (pt – 2t – 3p)/pt
p t
3 2x
(g) + +3+ 2 x [4] (16 𝓍2 + 18 𝓍 + 9)/ 6 𝓍
2x 3
1 1
(h) − [3] 1/ y(y - 1)
y−1 y
t +2
(i) 3− [3] (2t - 5)/(t - 1)
t−1
x 2x+4
(j) - [3] (𝓍2 - 3 𝓍 – 8)/2(𝓍 +
2 x +1
1)
3 2
(k) + [3] (8 𝓍 + 7)/ (𝓍 - 4)(2 𝓍
x−4 2 x+5
+ 5)
1 2
(l) - [3] (𝓍 - 5)/(𝓍 + 2)(3 𝓍
x+2 3 x −1
– 1)
x+ 3 x −1
(m) − [4] 8 𝓍 / (𝓍 - 3)(𝓍 + 1)
x−3 x+1
5 3 1
(n) + + [4] (𝓍2 + 20 𝓍 + 31)/2(𝓍 - 3)(𝓍 +
x−3 x +7 2
7)