MathsYears 7–9Algebra

Expanding brackets

Expand single and double brackets in algebraic expressions

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have 3 bags, and each bag has 2 apples and 1 orange inside. 🍎🍊

  2. 2

    If you have 4 bags each with 3 biscuits and 2 sweets, how many biscuits in total? 🍪🍬

  3. 3

    Let's expand 2(x + 5) together. ✏️

  4. 4

    Expand 3(y + 4) by dragging tiles onto the number mat. 🧩

  5. 5

    What is 4(a + 3) expanded? 🤔

  6. 6

    Expand 5(2x + 1) — careful with the 2x! 🧠

  7. 7

    Which is the correct expansion of 3(4x + 2)? 🎯

Practise Expanding brackets with Whizlo

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