Algebra Manipulations 16 February 2025

Objective: “To manipulate expressions”

Do now:
COLLECTING LIKE
TERMS

CONTEN
TS
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

6 𝑥−5 𝑦
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

2
10 𝑥 + 4 𝑥 − 3 𝑦
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

12 𝑝 + 10 𝑞

3 𝑟 +2 𝑠
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

𝑟 − 4 𝑠
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

2
5 𝑎 +𝑏
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

2
9𝑎 +2 𝑏 − 6
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑
 EXPANDING
BRACKETS (SINGLE)

CONTEN
TS
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

20 𝑎 +15 𝑏+ 10 𝑐+5
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

2 𝑎 +5
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

9 −5 𝑎

12 + 3 𝑏
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

10 𝑎 − 15

− 15 𝑏 + 6

− 15 − 6 𝑐
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

2
15 𝑎 − 10 𝑎
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

15 𝑎 + 6

15 𝑎 + 6 𝑏

2
15 𝑎 + 6 𝑎𝑏
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

2
6 𝑎𝑏+ 15 𝑎 𝑏
 Worked example Your turn
Expand: Expand:

5 4
15 𝑎 − 10 𝑎
 Worked example Your turn
Expand and simplify: Expand and simplify:

21 𝑎 − 25
 Worked example Your turn
Expand and simplify: Expand and simplify:

7 𝑎 −6
 Worked example Your turn
Expand and simplify: Expand and simplify:

− 18 𝑎+ 3
 Algebra Manipulations 16 February 2025

Objective: “To manipulate expressions”

Do now:
Expand

Expand and simplify:

FACTORISING
(BASIC)

CONTEN
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 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

8 ( 𝑥 −3)
 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

8 ( 𝑥 − 3 +6 𝑦 )
 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

8 𝑥 ( 𝑥 −3)
 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

4 3
2 𝑥 (3 𝑥 − 5)
 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

3 2
𝑥 𝑦 (𝑥 𝑦 −1)
 Worked example Your turn
Factorise: Factorise:

2 3
4 𝑒 𝑓 ( 5 𝑒 𝑓 −3)
 FORMING
EXPRESSIONS

CONTEN
TS
 Worked example Your turn
Start with multiply by then add Start with , multiply by then add
7 𝑎 +8

Start with , add , then multiply by Start with , add then multiply by

or
 Worked example Your turn
Start with divide by then subtract Start with , divide by then
subtract
𝑎
− 8
7

Start with , subtract , then divide

by Start with , subtract then divide
𝑏 − 9
by
10
 Worked example Your turn
Start with add , then divide by , Start with , subtract , then divide
then subtract , then multiply by by then add , then multiply by

6 ( 𝑎− 9
7
+8 )
INDICES

CONTEN
TS
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

15
3
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

21 3 15
125 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

3 1
2 3 2
3𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑑
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify: Simplify:

3 1
2 3 2
3𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑑
 Worked example Your turn
Convert to fraction form: Convert to fraction form:

5
2
𝑏
 Worked example Your turn
Write as Write as
− 3
2

Write as
 Worked example Your turn
Write in index form: Write in index form:

7
5
 Worked example Your turn
Write as Write as
12
3

Write as
 Worked example Your turn
Evaluate: Evaluate:

1
125
 Worked example Your turn
Write as a fraction: Write as a fraction:

1
𝑧 3
 Worked example Your turn
Write as a fraction: Write as a fraction:

2
𝑧 3
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

− 20
𝑡
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

12
27 𝑢
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

12
𝑢
27
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:
6
𝑦
9
125 𝑥
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

3
21 𝑥
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

2
7 𝑥
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

7
7 𝑥 − 2=
𝑥2
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

𝑏9
12 6
𝑎 𝑐
 Worked example Your turn
Simplify the following: Simplify the following:

2
64 𝑏
SUBSTITUTION

CONTEN
TS
 Worked example Your turn
If , evaluate: If evaluate:

52

5
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

56
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

52
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

− 24
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

12

36

48

144
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

− 12

36

− 48

144
 Worked example Your turn
If , evaluate: If , evaluate:

18

36
 Worked example Your turn
If , evaluate: If , evaluate:

18

3 6
 Worked example Your turn
If , evaluate: If , evaluate:

− 18

36
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

61
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

22
 Worked example Your turn
If evaluate: If evaluate:

26