Expanding Three Brackets Home Learning

1. Expand and simplify:

a) (x + 2)(x + 4)(x + 1) d) (x + 4)(x – 1)(x – 5)

b) (x + 3)(x + 9)(x + 2) e) (x – 8)²(x – 4)

c) (x – 3)(x + 2)(x + 6) f) (x – 3)³

2. Expand and simplify:

a) (2x + 7)(x + 3)(3x + 1) d) (2x – 3)²(x + 1)

b) (x + 4)(3x + 2)(3x + 5) e) (x – 6)²(3x – 8)

c) (2x – 3)(x – 5)(4x + 3) f) (3x + 4)³

3. Find an expression for the volume of each of the following cuboids. Write your answers in both
non-expanded and expanded form. All measurements are given in cm.

a)

x+9

x+9

4x - 5

b)

2x + 8

3x - 1

2x - 7

Challenge Find the smallest possible integer value of x for each cuboid above.
 

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Expanding Three
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Brackets

Expanding when the

1
coefficients of x are 1.

Expanding when the

2 coefficients of x are
greater than 1.
Forming an expression
3 for the volume of a
cuboid.

Challenge Problem-solving skills.

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Answers
1.

a) x³ + 7x² + 14x + 8

b) x³ + 14x² + 51x + 54

c) x³ + 5x² – 12x – 36

d) x³ - 2x² – 19x + 20

e) x³ – 20x + 128x - 256

f) x³ – 9x³ + 27x – 27

2.

a) 6x³ + 41x² + 76x + 21

b) 9x³ + 57x² + 94x + 40

c) 8x³ – 46x² + 21x + 45

d) 4x³ – 8x² – 3x + 9

e) 3x³ – 44x² + 204x – 288

f) 27x³ + 108x³ + 144x + 64

3.

a) (x + 9)²(4x - 5)cm³ or (4x³ + 67x² + 234x – 405)cm³

b) (2x + 8)(3x - 1)(2x - 7)cm³ or (12x³ + 2x² – 170x + 56)cm³

Challenge:

a) x ≥ 2 (since if x = 1, 4x – 5 = -1)

b) x ≥ 4 (since if x = 3, 2x – 7 = -1)

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