Expanding and Simplifying Expressions

1. Write these expressions without brackets.

(a) 2 (n + 3) (b) 4 (3p + 2) (c) 6 (3x + 7) (d) ½ (4y + 24)
(e) 3 (r – 4) (f) 6 (2k – 6) (g) 5 (7t – 4) (h) ¾ (12h – 60)
(i) 1 (4 – 3f) (j) 3 (12 – 6w)

2. Write these expressions without brackets.

(a) a (n + 4) (b) x (3p + 4) (c) y (4x + 7) (d) x (2y + 12)
(e) b (r – 4) (f ) u (3k – 5) (g) d (4t – 4) (h) c (12h – 60)
(i) x (1 – 3f) (j) v (12 – 4w)

3. Write these expressions without brackets.

(a) a (a + 5) (b) x (3x + 4) (c) y (4y + 7) (d) 2x (2+ x)
(e) 2b (b – 4) (f ) 2u (u – 5) (g) d (4d – 4) (h) c (12c– 60)
(i) x (x – 3x) (j) v (v – 4w)

4. Simplify these expressions.

(a) 2(3r + 1) + 2r
(c) 4(2a + 2) + 3 (a +7)
(e) 6(4x – 3) + 3 (4 – x)
(g) y(5y + 6) + y(y + 5)
(i) 2s(2t + p) + 2t(s + p)
(b) 3(4p – 2) – 10p
(d) 7(3y + 4) – 3(2y + 4)
(f ) 5(5z + 12) – 3(5 – 2z)
(h) r(5r + p) + 2r(r+ p)
(j) 4a(3b + p) + 2a(a + p)

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