Lesson 4. Collecting like terms
Lesson 4. Collecting like terms
g) 4 a 5 b h) 6 ( x 7) i) q 7 p 6
g) 5 b 8 h) (a 3) 2 i) (c d ) (e f )
c) a , 2a , a 2 , 3ab , 7a d) 9 x , 7 y , x , 5b , 3 x
e) ab , a 2 , 3a , 2a 2 f) a 2 x , 2ax , 3ax 2 , 4a 2 x s
Exercise 4. Simplify:
a) a 3 a 2 b) c 5 2c 1
c) 4 f 3 2 f 2 d) 5h 5i 10hi 11i
e) k 100 42 5k 230
Exercise 5. Simplifying with power:
a) f f f f f f b) g g g g g g g
c) (u u u ) (u u u u u ) d) w5 w w w2
c) r 5 t 3 = d) de de de =
Exercise 7. Simplify the following:
a) 3 y 2 4ab 7 y 2 ab =
b) 9 x 2 2 x 11x 2 5 x =
c) 7 x 3 3 x 2 9 x 2 6 x3 =
Exercise 8. Simplify:
a) 2( a 3) b) 3( x 1)
c) 7(2 x) d) (5 x)2
Exercise 9. Simplifying:
a) x( x 2) b) x(2 x 3)
c) 5a(2a 3) d) 2( a 4) 3
e) 6(2n 3) 2 f) 4(2a 1) 3a
HOMEWORK
Exercise 1. Rewrite these expressions without multiplication signs:
a) 9 b b) 6 m c) n 5
d) 1 x e) 2 3 x f) x y x 2
g) 5 (m n) h) 6 ( x 7) i) 5 x y 4 x 2
d) 3 x 5 e) 2 a x f) (8 x) 5
c) xy , yx , yz , 3 xy , z 2 d) 2m , 7 n , 8n , 7 n , mn
Exercise 4. Tick X to state it is possible to add these terms to make a single term:
1 1
a) q and 0.5g b) d and 0.75d
2 2
c) 2k and 2k d) 502 and x2
Exercise 5. Simplify:
a) 3b 4 2b 10 b) d e 4 d e
c) 9 g 2 g 11 10 g d) 4.5 j 4.5 2 j 2.3
Exercise 6. Simplifying with power:
a) p p p p p = b) k k k k k =
c) a a a a t = d) a a b a b b =
Exercise 7. Simplifying with power:
a) k l 3 l 5 k = b) de de =
c) 5 m m m 9 d) a b c d e f a c e =
Exercise 8. Write down:
a) The sum of b and c = b) The sum of b and c squared =
c) Half of a plus b = d) the sum of half a plus a times b =
e) Twice the product of x and y = f) The product of d and c =
Exercise 9. Simplify:
a) 3( x 5) b) 7( n 7)
c) 6(1 y ) d) ( x 9)3
c) 2 p ( p 7) d) 3( a 6) 2a
e) 3( m 7) 1 f) 2(5a 1) 4a =