Chapter 1 Answers

Exercise 1A
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17

7x  y
8m  n  7p
6 x2
2 x2  6 x  8
6x2  12x  10
8x2  3x  13
3x2  14x  19
a 4 b  14c
20  6x

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18

10t  2r
3a  2ac  4ab
2m2n  3mn2
9 x2  2 x  1
10c2d  8cd2
a2b  2a
8x2  9x  13
9d2  2c
13  r2

Exercise 1B
1
4
7
10
13
16

x7
3x2
5 x8
2p7
27x8
32y6

2
5
8
11
14
17

6 x5
k5
p2
6a9
24x11
4a6

Exercise 1C
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19

9x  18
12y  9y2
3x2  5x
4 x2  5 x
10x2  8x
4x  1
3 x3  2 x2  5 x
10y2  14y3  6y4
11x  6
2x2  26x

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20

Exercise 1D
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23

4(x  2)
5(4x  3)
4(x2  5)
x(x  7)
x(3x  1)
5y(2y  1)
x(x  2)
4x(x  3)
3xy(3y  4x)
5x(x  5y)
5y(3  4z2)
xy(y  x)

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24

x(x  4)
(x  8)(x  3)
(x  8)(x  5)
(x  2)(x  3)
(x  5)(x  2)
(2x  1)(x  2)
(5x  1)(x  3)
(2x  3)(x  5)
(x  2)(x  2)
(2x  5)(2x  5)
4(3x  1)(3x  1)
2(3x  2)(x  1)

2p2

y10
2a3
3a2b2
63a12
6a12

x2  9 x
xy  5x
20x2  5x
15y  6y3
3 x3  5 x2
2x  4
14y2  35y3  21y4
4x  10
7 x2  3 x  7
9x3  23x2

6(x  4)
2(x2  2)
6x(x  3)
2x(x  2)
2x(3x  1)
7x(5x  4)
y(3y  2)
5y(y  4)
2ab(3  b)
4xy(3x  2y)
6(2x2  5)
4y(3y  x)

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24

2x(x  3)
(x  6)(x  2)
(x  6)(x  2)
(x  6)(x  4)
(x  5)(x  4)
(3x  2)(x  4)
2(3x  2)(x  2)
2(x2  3)(x2  4)
(x  7)(x  7)
(3x  5y)(3x  5y)
2(x  5)(x  5)
3(5x  1)(x  3)

a
d
g
a
e
i

x5
x3 1

3x 2
5
13
12
5

64

b
e
h
b
f
j

x2
x5
5x

1
4
7
10
13

27

42

3

127

235


9

2
5
8
11
14

x4
12x0  12
6x1
3
d 116
1
h 6
5

l 6449
6

62

310

65

37

2

Exercise 1H
5

1 
5
2

3 
2
5

c
f
i
c
g
k

1
125
9

4

Exercise 1G

3
6
9
12
15

52

3

72

95

193


1

1
2 
11
5

4 
5

1

2

1

3
7 
13
1  3

9 
2
3  7

11 
2
5
  3

13 
2
5(2  5
)
15 
1
11(3  11
)
17 
2
14  187

19 
3

1

4

1
3

2  5

10 
1
12 3  5

(3  2
)(4  5
)
14 
11
16 5(4  14
)
5  21

18 
2
35  1189

20 
6

21 1

Mixed exercise 1I
1
2
3

Exercise 1E
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23

3
6
9
12
15
18

Exercise 1F

5
6
7
8

a
a
c
a
c
a
c
e
a
a

y8

b 6 x7

15y  12
16x2  13x
x(3x  4)
x(x  y  y2)
(x  1)(x  2)
(x  7)(x  5)
(5x  2)(x  3)
b 2
3 x6
4
37
5


b 3
9
4913

7

a 
7
3

a 
3
c 33
6

c
b
d
b
d
b
d
f
c

32x
d 12b9
2
3
15x  25x  10x4
9 x3  3 x2  4 x
2y(2y  5)
2xy(4y  5x)
3x(x  2)
(2x  3)(x  1)
(1  x)(6  x)
1

6 x2
d 12 x 3

b 45

b 2
1
30  851

d 
7