GCSE · Algebraic manipulation

Expanding bracketsExam-style questions

Why a multiplier reaches every term inside a bracket, why double brackets need every-with-every (and where the middle term of a square comes from), and how three brackets fall to the same rule two at a time.

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17 questions · GCSE (Higher) level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try

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  1. 1
    Expand and simplify (x+1)(x−2)(x+4)(x + 1)(x - 2)(x + 4)
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  2. 2
    Expand and simplify (x+3)(x−1)(x−5)(x + 3)(x - 1)(x - 5)
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