1.

ax by bx ay
ax bx ay by ; arrange like terms together
a b x a b y ; take out common factors
a b x y ; take out common factors

2. Let no. girls be x . Then number of boys is 2x . Total is 3x .

Hence, total number of children in the class should be divisible by 3.
25 is not divisible by 3.

3. Let the width of a small rectangle be x .

Therefore, length of a small rectangle is 2x .
3x 30cm
x 10cm
Area of the bigger rectangle =
3x 2 x 6 x 2 6 102 600cm2

4. 10023 1000 2 1000 2 1000 2

Final digit of the product of three brackets comes from 2 2 2 . It is 8. The number
which ends from 8 is 1,006,012,008.

5. f x x 2 2 x 5,g x x 2 x 1
f x g x
x2 2x 5 x2 x 1
2x 5 x 1
3x 6
x2

6. x
6 4

x
64
; powers get multiplied in such a situation
x 24

7. 0 2 x 5 3 x 10
0 2x 10 3x 30 ; expand the brackets
0 5 x 40
5 x 40
x 8