MathsYears 7–9Algebra
Expanding brackets
Expand single and double brackets in algebraic expressions
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine you have 3 bags, and each bag has 2 apples and 1 orange inside. 🍎🍊
- 2
If you have 4 bags each with 3 biscuits and 2 sweets, how many biscuits in total? 🍪🍬
- 3
Let's expand 2(x + 5) together. ✏️
- 4
Expand 3(y + 4) by dragging tiles onto the number mat. 🧩
- 5
What is 4(a + 3) expanded? 🤔
- 6
Expand 5(2x + 1) — careful with the 2x! 🧠
- 7
Which is the correct expansion of 3(4x + 2)? 🎯
Practise Expanding brackets with Whizlo
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