THE INDUS ACADEMY

Algebra
Practice worksheet

Q1. Translate to an Algebraic Expression

a) Five less than twice a number ‘x’

b) Seven increased by the product of numbers ‘c’ and ‘d’
c) A number m plus six times n
d) The product of six and three less than the number “a”
e) Twice the sum of a number ‘v’ and eight
f) Six more than five times a number ‘s’
g) The product of four and a number ‘g’
h) Nine less than twice a number ‘f’
i) The product of a number ‘c’ and seven more than the number ‘c’
j) Four times ‘n’ divided by the sum of 5 and ‘m’.
k) 2 times ‘y’ subtracted from 54x.
l) The product of 9 and a number ‘3m’.
m) The sum of a number 8x and a number one fourth of ‘y’.

Q2. Sara had ‘x’ books. Then, her sister took 46 of the books. Choose the expression that shows the number
of books Sara is left with?

Q3. Linda was selling tickets for the school play. She sold 10 more adult tickets than children tickets and
she sold twice as many senior tickets as children tickets. Find an expression for the total number of
tickets sold by Linda.

Q4. If a = 2, b = -3, c = 4, d = -1 and e = 0 then find the following.

i. 4a+5b-c

ii. 2(2a-3b) – 6e

iii. 2𝑎2 + 𝑏 − 𝑑

iv. 7𝑎 − (3𝑑)3 + 24
Q5. Subtract
a) 3a – b + 4c from 9a – 6b + c
b) 7p + 6q – 5r from 10p – 7q + 8r

Q6. Add
a) 2x + 7y – z and 5x – 7y – 6z
b) 2ab + 3bc, 5ac – 5ba and 2cb + 5ab

Q7. Expand each of the following.

a) 2(x + y) =
b) 4(r + 3t) =
c) 6(4 – m) =

Q8.

Q9. Simplify the following algebraic fractions

𝑥 𝑥
1. −
2 5

𝑎+1
2. −𝑎
3

𝑥+3 𝑥−5
3. +
4 3

𝑥 𝑥
4. +
3 6

2𝑥−5 𝑥+4 5−𝑥

5. + −
3 6 9

2(3𝑥−1) 2𝑥+1
6. − (𝑥 − 3) −
5 3