What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can expand two brackets such as (a + b)(c + d) and collect like terms
- I can expand two brackets that include negative terms, e.g. (x + 3)(x − 5)
- I can square a bracket, e.g. (x + 4)²
- I can use the identity (a + b)(a − b) = a² − b²
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.
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Animated visual proofs of Pythagoras’ theorem, of the sums of integers, odd numbers, squares and cubes, and of key results in algebra, geometric series, trigonometry and inequalities. They play like Shape Formulas: drag the bar…
These are the pages for Expanding 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.