Y6/7 Algebra Exam

1 Simplify the following:

a) 6𝑎 × 3 =

2
b) 3𝑎 × 4𝑏𝑎 =

c) 4𝑥𝑦𝑧 × 7𝑥𝑦 =

d) 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 × 2𝑐𝑏 × 2𝑎 =

e) 5(3𝑎 − 𝑏) =

f) 4(2𝑎 − 3𝑏 − 𝑐) − (4𝑎 − 6𝑏 + 3𝑐) =

g) 2𝑎(𝑎 − 𝑏) − 3𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑏) − 𝑎𝑏 =

h) 7𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 3𝑥 =

i) 5𝑥𝑦 − 7𝑦𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑥 − 2𝑥𝑦 − 9𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑥𝑦 − 3𝑥(𝑦 − 𝑥) =

j) 4𝑎(𝑏 − 𝑦) + 3𝑏(𝑦 + 𝑎) − 5𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑦) − 2𝑦(𝑏 − 𝑎) − 3𝑎𝑦(𝑏 + 2) =

2 Factorise the following:
2
a) 𝑥 − 𝑥 𝑦 =

2 2
b) 4𝑎𝑏 + 16𝑎𝑏 − 12𝑏𝑎 =

1 1 2
c) 9
𝑎− 3
𝑎 =

2 2 2
d) 3𝑎𝑏 𝑐 − 4𝑎 𝑐 − 12𝑏𝑐 =

e) 3𝑏(2𝑦 − 3) + 5𝑎(− 3 + 2𝑦) =

f) 7𝑥(3𝑎 − 4𝑏) − 3𝑦(− 12𝑏 + 9𝑎) − 2𝑥(15𝑎 − 20𝑏) =

Factorise then simplify:

2
4𝑎𝑏−16𝑎 𝑏
g) 2 2 =
−28𝑐 𝑎+7𝑐

3𝑎(4𝑎−10𝑏) − 2𝑏(−15𝑏+6𝑎) + 4𝑏(8𝑎−20𝑏)

h)
4𝑎(1−3𝑏) − 5𝑏(−3𝑏+1)−𝑎(2−6𝑏)
=
3 Evaluate the following:

𝑎= −3 𝑏=2 𝑐= −4 𝑑=3

a) 2𝑎 − 3𝑏 =

b) 4𝑑𝑏 − 𝑎𝑐𝑏 =

2 2 2
c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 =

𝑎 𝑏 𝑎 𝑑
d) 𝑐
− 𝑑
+ 𝑑
− 𝑏
=

2
3𝑐 −4𝑎𝑑 2
e) [ 𝑎+𝑐−𝑑
] =

2 2 2 2 2
𝑎 −𝑏 2 𝑐 +𝑏 −𝑑 2
f) [ 𝑎+𝑏
] −[ 2 ] =
𝑑−𝑎
4 Convert 350𝑎 cents to dollar.

5 Find the perimeter of the following:

a)

b)

6 State the previous two consecutive odd numbers before (− 2𝑎 − 13) .

7 Convert 2𝑡 seconds to minutes.

8 Find the perimeter given that the sum of the diagonals is 8𝑏.

9 Given that 𝑎 = 3𝑏, 𝑏 = 4𝑐, and 𝑐 =−

𝑑
, express 9𝑎 in terms of 𝑑.
9

10 3
Convert km to cm.
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