Mastering Expanding Brackets

Mathematics
GCSE Higher
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A worksheet covering Expanding Brackets for GCSE Higher students.

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Mastering Expanding Brackets

Subject: MathematicsGrade: GCSE Higher
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Grade GCSE Higher
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Introduction

Read the following brief explanation before attempting the questions.
1.
Expanding brackets involves multiplying each term inside a bracket by a term outside the bracket. For example, (a + b)(c + d) expands to ac + ad + bc + bd.
[2 marks]
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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Expand the expression: 3(x + 4)
[2 marks]
2.
Expand: (x - 5)(x + 2)
[2 marks]
3.
Expand: 2(2x + 7)
[2 marks]
4.
Expand: (x + 3)(x - 4)
[2 marks]
5.
What is the expanded form of: 5(2x - 3)?
[2 marks]
6.
If (x + 2)(x - 3) = x^2 + px + q, find p and q.
[3 marks]
7.
Expand: (2x - 1)(x + 4) and simplify.
[3 marks]
8.
Solve for x: (x + 3)(x - 5) = 0
[3 marks]
9.
Expand and simplify: (x + 7)(x + 2)
[2 marks]
10.
A rectangle has sides (x + 2) and (x - 3). Write an expression for its area after expanding the brackets.
[4 marks]
11.
Challenge: A product of two binomials is given by (x + 4)(x - 2). Find the quadratic expression and factor it completely.
[4 marks]

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12/30/2025
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