Expanding and Factorising Expressions: Year 8 2.3 practice

What you need to know

Check yourself against these “I can” statements.

I can multiply a single term over a bracket, e.g. 3x(2x − 3) = 6x² − 9x
I can factorise an expression by taking out a common factor, e.g. x³ + x² + x = x(x² + x + 1)
I can check a factorisation by expanding it again

Practise this topic

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Equivalent Expressions

One expression written several ways: expanded, factorised, with like terms to collect or brackets to expand. From Standard the groups are near-misses like 2x + 6 and 2x + 3.

KS3

These are the pages for Expanding and Factorising Expressions in the Year 8 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 2. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.