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Simplifying Expressions CSEC TOPIC

1. The document provides examples of algebraic expressions and equations that can be simplified or expressed in different but equivalent forms. These include fractions, exponents, expanding expressions, and word problems that can be modeled algebraically. 2. The examples range from simple operations like combining like terms to more complex expressions involving multiple variables, exponents, and algebraic manipulation of word problems. 3. The goal is to teach techniques for simplifying, combining, expanding and transforming algebraic expressions and equations into equivalent forms.

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Simplifying Expressions CSEC TOPIC

1. The document provides examples of algebraic expressions and equations that can be simplified or expressed in different but equivalent forms. These include fractions, exponents, expanding expressions, and word problems that can be modeled algebraically. 2. The examples range from simple operations like combining like terms to more complex expressions involving multiple variables, exponents, and algebraic manipulation of word problems. 3. The goal is to teach techniques for simplifying, combining, expanding and transforming algebraic expressions and equations into equivalent forms.

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SIMPLIFYING EXPRESSIONS

Simplifying the following


1. Jun 88
2(5 x  y )  3(3 x  y ) 15. Jan 05
Write as a single fraction in its simplest form
3 4
2. Jan 02 
x x 1
2(3x  1)  ( x  2)

16. Jan 00
3. Jan 01 2 3
2 y  3( y  1) 
x 1 x 1

4. Jun 02 17. Jan 92


3m 2(m  1)

Express as a single fraction


4 3
5. 3(3 x  1) (6 x 3)

x 1 2
x 1
  

6. Jun 05 18. Jan 93


Expand and simplify 2x 6
(2 x  5)(3x  4) 
x 3 3 x

7. Jan 91 19. G Jun 92


9 x2  y 2 3 2

9 x  3y 3t  1 2t  1

8. Jan 97 20. G Dec 92


2x  3 x  2 b 2

b5 b3

5 3
9. Jan 01
3 2 3 21. G Jun 93
 1 2
2 m 
p 2 4p 3
10. Jun 04
Express as a single fraction 22. Jan 90
3p p 4 5 x
  
2 q x 2x 2
Word Problems
11. Jan 94 23. Jan 97
5 7 1 In a multiple choice test of 30 items, each
 
y y 2 candidate is given a bonus mark of 30. a
candidate earns 3 marks for each correct answer
and loses 1 mark for each incorrect or omitted
12. G Jun 91 answer.
2 a 2

3 2a Assuming that a candidate gets x correct
answers, show that the total number of marks
received must be divisible by 4
13. Jun 02
3 2

y y 2

14. Jun 03
2 3

a3 a
24. G Jun 91
A ticket for an adult visiting an exhibition is x
cents.
A ticket for a child costs 30 cents less than the
adult’s ticket.
i. Write down in terms of x the cost of a
child’s ticket.
ii. Mr. Smith takes his three children to the
exhibition
Find, as simply as possible in terms of x,
the total The total cost in cents of the four
tickets.

25. Jan 93
i. Alice hat t tapes and Ben has 10 tapes
more than Alice.
Express, in terms of t, the number of tapes
Ben has.

ii. Alice gives Ben 14 of her tapes. Ben now


has twice as many tapes as Alice now has
Write an algebraic expression to represent
the amount each person now has

26. Jun 05
Adam, Imran, and Shakeel were playing a card
game.
Adam scored x points
Imran scored 3 points few er than Adam
Shakeel scored twice as many points as Imran
Together they scored 39 points
i. Write down in terms of x an
expression for the number of points
scored by Shakeel.

ii. Write an equation which ma y be used


to find the value of x.

PLIF Simplifying the following 1. Jun 88 2(5 ) 3(3 ) x y x y    2. Jan 02 2(3 1) ( 2) x x    3. Jan 01 2 3(
24. G Jun 91 A ticket for an adult visiting an exhibition is x cents. A ticket for a child costs 30 cents less than the

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