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Algebraic Fractions Codebreaker 2

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
2
x−2 x+3 x−4 x(x −1) 4 x x+4 x−5 x x(x +1) x+ 2 x−3
x +1
x+5 x−2 x +3 x +2 x+1 x−5 x−3 x−3 x−5 x +5 x−2 x+ 3

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
x−3 3 x−2 x+3 3 x−4 x+2 x−3 x(x −1) x+7 x−6 x+ 1
x−1
x−5 x−1 x−3 x x+3 x +2 x+3 x x +4 x−2 x−3 x−1

Simplify fully the algebraic fractions below, link your answers to the table above to reveal why puns about birds never
annoy me:
2 2 2
(x +2)( x−1) 3 x +9 ( x +2)( x−3) x2 +2 x+ 1 x −5 x +6 x −7 x+12 x −3 x+ 2
2
(x−1)( x+ 3) (x−1)( x+ 3) x +2x x+1 2
x +2 x−15
2
x −9 x+20
2
x −4 x +3

x2 −3 x −10 x 2−x−2 x 2−7 x+ 6 x 2−9 x +14 5 x +10 x 2 + x−2 x 2+2 x−8


x 2−7 x+10 x2 +6 x +5 x2 −4 x +3 x2 −2 x−35 5 x +15 x2 +2 x−3 x2 −5 x +6

x2 −7 x +10 x 2−4 x 3 +2 x 2 x 2−4 x2 −6 x+ 9 x3 −8 x2 +7 x


2 2 2 2 2 2
x −25 x + x−6 x −3 x −10 x +7 x +10 x −9 x −5 x−14

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