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Subject: Mathematics Topic: Expressions

Class: CAIE VII Section: ……
Name: ……………………………………… Date: …………………………

1. Simplify by combining like terms

a) 4x + 5x + 7 + x + 2

b) 2n + 3 – 5n + 6

c) -9b + 2n – 4 + 2b

d) -7g + 3 – 8 – 3g + 7h

e) -8 + 2d – 7 – 5d + 12

f) 5b + 7 – 3b – 4

2. Expand and simplify where needed

a) 2 (3x)

b) -2 (3d)

c) 5(n)

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 d) -3y (4)

e) b(y)

f) 3c(b)

g) 2n (4x)

h) 3 (4x + 2)

i) -3 (4x + 2)

j) -3 (4x – 2_)

k) 5 ( x + 3)

l) 2 (x + 1)

m) 4 (x +5)

n) – 3 (x + 4)

o) -6 (x + 5)

p) -1 (x + 4)

q) – 4 (x – 4)

r) – 8 ( x – 3)

s) – 1 ( x – 7)

t) – 3 ( 2x – 5)

u) – 2 (4x – 7)

v) – 2 (6x – 8)

w) a (b – 4)

x) n (d + 1)

y) y ( 5 – z)

z) 2a (3p – 5)

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 aa) 4n(6d + k )

bb) 5y (6h – w)

cc) 3 (x + 2)

dd) 5 (2y – 7)

ee) -2(n + 9 )

ff) -3 (k – 1)

gg) – 4(1 + a)

hh) 3(d – 4)

ii) -1 (3x + 4)

jj) -3 (b – 9 + 2y)

kk) – 5 ( 2-m)

ll) 3 ( n – 4 + 5y)

mm) -6(j – 2 + 3k)

nn) -1 (3-h)

3. Below is a parallelogram and an isosceles triangle:

Which shape has the greater perimeter? Show your working.

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 4. Find an expression in terms of x for the perimeter of this L shape

5. Here is an equilateral triangle and a regular pentagon

The perimeter of the two shapes are equal.

Find an expression for the length of each side of the regular pentagon.

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 6. Expand and simplify

a) 3(x+6) + 8

b) 9(y – 2) + 4y + 3

c) 5(x+3y) + 2(2x – y)

d) 3(4x-1) – 2 (x + 4)

e) 3(4x+8) – (7x – 2)

7. Apples cost a pence each.

Bananas cost b pence each.
Write down an expression for the total cost, of 3 apples and 5 bananas.

8. Fred is 21 years old. Hannah is y years younger than Fred.

Write an expression for Hannah’s age.

9.

a) Work out the output when the input is 10.

b) Work out the input, when the output is 25.

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 10. An airplane has economy and first-class seating.
There are s seats in each row in economy.
There are t seats in each row in first class.

There are 9 rows in first class and 24 rows in economy.

Write down an expression, in terms of s and t , for the number of seats on the airplane.

11. Nicola has y marbles.

Sean has 25 marbles.
Vicky has 10 marbles.

(a) Write down an expression for total number of marbles they have.

Altogether they have 55 marbles.

(b) Find out how many marbles Nicola has.

12. The diagram shows a rectangle. All dimensions are in cms.

Write an expression, in terms of y, for the perimeter of the rectangle.

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