Chapter 8: Quadratic expressions and algebraic techniques

Worksheet B
1 Factorise each of the following monic quadratic expressions.

a x2 + 7x + 10 b x2 + 2x – 3

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c x2 – 6x + 8 d x2 – 4x – 12

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2 Factorise each of the following quadratic expressions by first taking out a common
factor.

a 3x2 – 15x + 12 b 2x2 + 4x – 30

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3 Factorise these quadratic trinomials.

a 2x2 + 5x + 3 b 3x2 + x – 4

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c 8x2 – 10x – 3 d 6x2 – 19x + 10

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4 Simplify the following algebraic fractions using factorisation and cancellation.

12 x  5 x2  x  6
a b
9x  4 x  5  2x  6

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7x x 1 x  3x  3 4 x 16 x2

c  d 
x  3 x x 1 x 2  2x  8 x 2  4

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5 Simplify the following by adding or subtracting the algebraic fractions.

x 2x x  3 x 1
a  b 
3 5 4 6

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3x  2 2x  5 7 2
c  d 
9 12 2x 3x

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 8 5 4 3
e  f 
x x2 x3 x2

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1 6
g 
x  4  x  4 2

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6 Solve each of the following equations by first finding the LCD.

x 3x x4 x2
a   10 b  2
2 4 3 4

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3 4 5 2
c  1 d 
2x 5 x 2x 1 x 1

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