Expanding Brackets

1.

Expand

y ( 2 y 3)

2. Expand and simplify

(a) x ( x 2)

(k) x 2 x ( x 2)

(b) 2(3 4 y )

(l)

(c) 2( x 3) 3(2 x 1)

(m) (3 4x) 2

(d) 3( x 4) 2(5 x 1)

(n) (1 x) 2 ( x 2) 2

(e) x(2 x 1) 2 x(5 x)

(o) (4x 3)(x 2) (2 x) 2

(f)

(2 x 1)( x 4)

4( x 2) (3 x)

(p) ( x 2)(2x 2 x 1)

(g) ( x 3)( x 5)

(q) x( x 4)( x 5)

(h) x 2 x( x 1)

(r) ( x 1)( x 2)( x 3)

(i)

5(2 x 1) (2 x 3)

(s) 6(5t 3u ) 2(5t 2u )

(j)

( x 3)( x 4)

(t)

2x 2 (4xy 5) 8 yx3 9x 2

3. Multiply out x 2 (4 x)
4. Expand 3( 2 y 5)
5. (a) Expand

4(3x 5)

(2012 June NC)

(b) Expand and simplify 2( x 4) 3( x 5)

(c) Expand and simplify ( x 4)( x 6)
5 marks (2012 Nov)

6. Expand and simplify ( p 9)( p 4)

7. (a) Expand x ( x 2)

2 mark (2012 June/C)

(b) Expand and simplify ( x 3)( x 4)

4 marks (2011 J/NC)

8. Expand and simplify (3 x 5)(4 x 1)

2 marks (2011 June/C)

9. (a) Expand 3(2 t )

(b) Expand 3x(2 x 5)
(c) Expand and simplify (m 3)(m 10)
5 marks (2013 J/NC)