MEP Practice Book ES2
2. The following expressions have been partly factorised.
Complete the factorisation.
(a) (
2x2 − 4x = 2 x2 − 2x = ? ) (b) 10 x − 5 x 2 = x (10 − 5 x ) = ?
(c) 4x3 + 8x = 4 ( x 3
+ 2 x) = ? (d) 8 x y + 16 x 2 = x (8 y + 16 x ) = ?
(e) 5 x y + 10 x 2 y 2 = 5(x y + 2x y ) = ?
2 2
3. Factorise the following:
(a) 10 a − 15b (b) 50 py − 120 p
(c) 24 abc − 8ab (d) 6 abc + 12 bcd
(e) 16 m 2 + 12 n 2 (f) p2 y + p2 y2
(g) 18s 2 t − 12 st 2 (h) 10 a + 15a 2
(i) c − c2 (j) 2 a 2 b 2 − 8a 2 b
(k) m 2 n − mnl (l) 6 x y − 3y + 9 x
(m) pqr + p 2 + pr (n) abc + a 2 b + bc
(o) 8abc + 6 ab 2 c + 4 abc 2 (p) 5s 2 t − 3st − 4 st 2
2.10 Algebraic Manipulation
1. Make a the subject of each of the following formulae.
k ( m + a) 4
(a) = (b) 5( a − b) = 7
m x
7ab + k
(c) v = m( a + c ) (d) y=
7 − 4a
5 − 2a 7 + 3a
(e) z= (f) x=
3−a a −4
x2a − b 4 ab + 5c + 2
(g) y= (h) z=
a−4 2 ax + 5 y
2. Make the letters in brackets the subject of the following formulae.
an − 5 x 1
(a) ( x + p) a = q( 2 x − q ) (x) (b) = (a)
3a − 4 x 3
2b + c y − 2x
(c) a= (b) (d) = 2 x − 7 (x)
b 3y
4 pr 1 2 3
(e) T= (p) (f) + = (u)
p + 4s v u f
y x+y−2
(g) x= (y) (h) x= (y)
2−y x − y +1
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a−b ax + b
(i) w= (a) (j) y= (x)
ac − 1 cx + d
1 u
(k) = −1 (f) (l) x y − 1 = 5(2 x + 3) (x)
v f
F + 40 c + 40 ER
(m) = (c) (n) P= (k)
9 5 k+R
2x − 1
3h = k − y
x
(o) k= (x) (p) (x)
x+4 2
mv 2 nE
(q) P − mg = (m) (r) c= (n)
r k + na
3 y − 4a a b
(s) = (y) (t) +h= (k)
5 y + 7b k k
1 2 3 4
(u) + = + (b)
a b c d
3. Make a the subject of the following formulae.
(a) a =b (b) 2a = b (c) m+a =b
a k
(d) e = 5a − 8 (e) =b (f) l=
2 ma
2a a
(g) x= (h) 3a − 2 = (i) 3a − 2 k = z
5c b
(j) 2a2 = b − 3 (k) 3a 2 − 2 = 3c (l) k = ba 2 + z
a2 na 2
(m) b= (n) m=n+ (o) A = 4π a 2
5c b
(p) 3
a−b =c
4. Make the letter in brackets the subject of the formula.
(a) a= a + 2b (b) (b) a2 + b2 = c2 (b)
(c) ( x + y )2 = x (y) (d) e = 3c − 7a (c)
(e) x = 2w2 + b (w) (f) 3
y −1 = z (y)
a2 b2 y
(g) + 2 =1 (b) (h) 3
2x2 − 7 = (x)
x2 y z
4x2 m+2
(i) t= (x) (j) t2 = (m)
m−3 m−5
1 1 1 nx
(k) − = (c) (l) y= (x)
a b c−2 a( 4 x − 3)
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