Year 8

End of term 1
Review Part 2
Algebra

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GENERATE EXPRESSIONS SHEET 3
Write down expressions for each of the following using algebra.
Example: ‘5 less than c’ is ‘c ̶ 5’ and ‘3 lots of g’ is ‘3g’.

1) a divided by 6 = a/6 or 1/6 a

2) halve b and add 5 =
3) multiply c by 3 and subtract 7 =
4) subtract d from 12 =
5) subtract 12 from e =
6) divide f by 4 and add 7 =
7) add 2 to g and then double =
8) add 5 to h and then halve =
9) subtract 4 from i and then multiply by 5 =
10) add 6 to j and then divide by 3 =
11) multiply k by 2 and then subtract 7 =
12) subtract 7 from l and then divide by 2 =
13) divide m by 3 and then add 10 =
14) add 10 to n and then divide by 4 =
15) add 5 to o and then halve it =
16) multiply p by itself =
17) divide q by 5 then add 6 =
18) add 6 to r then divide by 5 =
19) add 1 to s then multiply it by 6 =
20) subtract t from 6 then divide it by 4 =
21) multiply u by itself and subtract 6 =
22) add 1 to v and square the answer =
23) subtract 2 from w then divide by 7 =
24) add 4 to x and divide 5 by the answer =

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 Substitution
1) Find the value of the expression using the numbers given

a) x + c when x = 14 and c = 8

b) y + z + a when y = −6, a = −7 and z = −13

c) 9x + 5c when c = 6 and x = 8

d) 8x + 4z when z = −3 and x = −6

e) −8z − 4b when b = −3 and z = −9

f) 6b + 7r − 8q when b = −8, q = 6 and r = −3

g) c 2 + a when c = 7 and a = 11

h) b + x 2 when x = −10 and b = −4

i) 5c 2 + 2y when c = 9 and y = −6

j) − 2b2 + 4z when b = 6 and z = −9

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Substitution into formula :

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Developing – Collecting like terms
1) 𝑎 + 2𝑎 + 3𝑎
2) 3𝑏 + 4𝑏 + 5𝑏 − 3𝑏
3) 4𝑐 + 7𝑐 − 5𝑐 + 2𝑐
4) 6𝑑 − 4𝑑 + 3𝑑 + 6𝑑
5) 6𝑒 + 6𝑒 − 7𝑒 − 2𝑒
6) 𝑓 + 𝑓 + 8𝑓 − 9𝑓
7) 9𝑔 − 5𝑔 + 2𝑔 + 7𝑔
8) 7ℎ + 8ℎ − 3ℎ − 5ℎ
9) 9𝑖 + 10𝑖 − 7𝑖
10) 8𝑗 + 10𝑗 − 8𝑗 − 9𝑗
11) 7𝑘 + 7𝑘 − 14𝑘
12) 11𝑙 + 5𝑙 − 6𝑙 − 6𝑙
13) 9𝑚 − 8𝑚 + 10𝑚 + 5𝑚
14) 8𝑛 − 7𝑛 + 7𝑛 + 10𝑛

Securing – Collecting like terms with two different terms

1) 𝑎 + 5𝑎 − 3𝑎 + 4𝑏 + 3𝑏
2) 5𝑐 + 6𝑐 + 4𝑑 + 3𝑑
3) 7𝑒 − 5𝑒 + 4𝑒 − 5𝑓 + 8𝑓 + 2𝑓
4) 6𝑔 + 2ℎ + 5𝑔 − 2𝑔 + 7ℎ
5) 8𝑖 − 9𝑗 − 5𝑖 + 10𝑗
6) 6𝑘 + 8𝑙 − 4𝑘 − 2𝑘 + 10𝑙
7) 7𝑚 + 2𝑛 + 7𝑚 − 2𝑛
8) 8𝑝 + 8𝑝 − 4𝑝 + 9𝑞 − 2𝑝
9) 10𝑟 − 8𝑟 + 5𝑠 − 3𝑠 + 3𝑟 + 4𝑟
10) 6𝑠 + 7𝑠 − 5𝑡 + 8𝑡 − 2𝑠
11) 9𝑢 − 7𝑡 + 2𝑢 − 11𝑢 + 7𝑡
Mastering
12) 7𝑥 + 9𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 8𝑦
1) 2(𝑥 + 3) + 3(𝑥 + 4)
2) 3(𝑥 − 2) + 3(𝑥 − 4)
3) 6𝑥(𝑥 − 2) + 7(𝑥 − 2)
4) 7(𝑥 + 3) + 2𝑥(𝑥 − 2)
5) 6(𝑥 − 2) + 2𝑥(𝑥 − 3)

Find the perimeter of these shapes:

𝑥+2

7 7 7𝑥 7𝑥
24)
𝑥+2
𝑥−6
2𝑥 + 2

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 Red Amber
a. 5(t + 2) a. 2(8b + 2)
b. 7(k – 3) b. 3(2j + 4)
c. -8(m + 2) c. -3(2k + 3)
d. 6(q + 1) d. 5(9y – 3)
e. 6(r – 4) e. 7(2a – 2)
Found these easy so far? Do you and your teacher think Found these easy so far? Do you and your teacher think
you’ve got it? If you want more practice continue with you’ve got it? If you want more practice continue with
red - if not why not move onto orange? orange - if not why not move onto green?

f. -3(u – 2) f. -3(2n – 1)
g. 8(p – 1) g. 6(2w + 2)
h. 8(2 + k) h. 7(2a + 1)
i. 3(12 – z) i. -3(3h + 1)
j. 5(2 + g) j. 5(2u + 3)

Green

k. 5v(t + 2) a. 5c(2d + e)
l. 5d(e – 3) b. 4f(2f – g)
m. r(2s + 2) c. 6t(7 – 2t)
n. 4g(j – 2) d. 2f(3d + 5)
o. 5z(2 – t) e. 4k(3 + 2d)
p. -2f(t + 2) f. 3p(3 – 2m)
q. 3r(-t – 2) g. 4h(3h + 4)
r. -8k(2 – d) h. 2w(4 + 3w)
s. 5v(v + 3) i. 3x(5x – 3)
t. –p(3p +5) j. 5t(3 – 6t)

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MULTIPLYING BRACKETS

A1 Expand and simplify A2 Expand and simplify A3 Expand and simplify A4 Expand and simplify
4(x + 3) + 5(x + 2) 3(x + 1) − 2(x + 3) 2(x + 7) + (x − 3) 5(x + 2) − 3(x − 5)

B1 Expand and simplify B2 Expand and simplify B3 Expand and simplify B4 Expand and simplify
4( y + 5) − 3( y + 4) ( y + 3) − ( y − 2) 5( y + 2) + 2( y − 5) ( y − 2) − 6( y − 4)

C1 Expand and simplify C2 Expand and simplify C3 Expand and simplify C4 Expand and simplify
4(a + 1) − 2(a − 1) 3( f + 6) − 2( f + 9) 7( p − 2) − 3( p − 1) 5(q − 1) − 2(1− q)

D1 Expand and simplify D2 Expand and simplify D3 Expand and simplify D4 Expand and simplify
2(3b − 1) + (b + 9) 5(k − 3) − 4(3k + 2) 3(2h + 3) − 2(3h − 2) 3(4m − 6) − 2(6m − 9)

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Question 1: Factorise the following expressions

(a) 4x + 6 (b) 15x + 20 (c) 9y − 12 (d) 5x + 15

(e) 6x − 3 (f) 4x + 8 (g) 5y − 25 (h) 8w + 24

(i) 10y + 15 (j) 14w + 21 (k) 20y − 30 (l) 27x + 18

(m) 6 − 4x (n) 9 + 12y (o) 45 + 60x (p) 16y − 32

(q) 22a + 55 (r) 100 − 40y (s) 6x + 9y (t) 4w − 2a

(u) 25y − 35z (v) 8x²+ 20 (w) 30y³ − 15 (x) 42y + 28x − 56c

Question 2: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x² + 7x (b) x² − 3x (c) y² + y (d) w² + 9w

(e) x² − 7x (f) 4w² + 10w (g) 6x² − 8x (h) 9y² − 6y

(i) 10c + c² (j) 5g − g² (k) 14x² + 35x (l) 40x² − 50x

(m) 12x² + 18x (n) 24x² − 18x (o) 45y² + 60y (p) 7w² + 2w

Question 3: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x² + xy (b) a² − ab (c) xy + xz (d) ab + ac − ad

(e) 6c² − 4cd (f) 10x² + 15xy (g) 12ab + 18bc (h) 8xy + 4y²

(i) 8cdf + 10cde (j) 7w² + 6w + wy (k) 8ab² − 10ab (l) 4xy² + 6xy + 2x²y

(m) 6mn − 7m²n (n) 11g²h + 22h²

Question 4: Factorise the following expressions

(a) x³ + 2x² (b) 5x³ − x² (c) 8c³ + 12c (d) 10w² − 15w³

(e) 32y³ + 24y² (f) 12x⁴ + 15x (g) 4a⁵ − 12a² (h) 8w⁹ + w⁷

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SOLVING EQUATIONS

A1 Solve A2 Solve A3 Solve A4 Solve

7x + 5 = 4x + 11 5x – 12 = 2x – 9 4x + 13 = 8x – 25 6x – 5 = 5x + 1

B1 Solve B2 Solve B3 Solve B4 Solve

9(x + 1) = 5x + 16 3x – 17 = x – 5 4x + 3 = 9(x + 2) 3x + 16 = 7x – 11

C1 Solve C2 Solve C3 Solve C4 Solve

4(x + 3) = 2(x + 2) 7(x – 5) = 5(x + 3) 5(2x + 1) = 2(6x + 7) 5(4x + 1) = 3(4x – 3)

D1 Solve D2 Solve D3 Solve D4 Solve

x+2 x+7 x−4 x+3 7x + 9 3x + 7 2x + 8 3x + 2
= = = =
3 7 9 5 3 2 5 6

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Simplifying Indices 2 www..mathsprint.co.uk

1
1: Simplify
2 the following:

a) 2v3u8 × 5v8u9 b) 3h10n5 × 5h4n6 c) 2x10r9 × 3x7r6

__________ __________ __________

d) 4f 2t10 × 5f 8t e) 3q6e4 × 4q2e5 f) 5y7a8 × 6y8a2

__________ __________ __________

1
2: Simplify
2 the following:

15k5b7 10w14z17 20j14p6

a) 4 3 b) c)
5k b 5w5z9 5j9p

__________ __________ __________

12s16m19 30c13g9 6u6h17

d) e) 10 4 f) 5 10
4s6m9 6c g 3u h

__________ __________ __________

1
3: Simplify
2 the following:

a) (4n3t2)3 b) (5f 5q2)3 c) (2j3e10)2

__________ __________ __________

d) (3k10v3)2 e) (4w7z)2 f) (2y7g9)3

__________ __________ __________

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Name: Class/Set:

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1
1: Solve
2 the following:

a) 3x = 27 b) 4x = 64 c) 5x = 25 d) 2x = 4
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

1
2: Solve
2 the following:

a) 3x = 1 b) 4x = 1
x = _____ x = _____

1
3: Solve
2 the following:
1
a) 5x = 125 b) 2x = 14 c) 3x = 13 1
d) 5x = 125
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

1
4: Solve
2 the following:

a) 16x = 4 b) 8x = 2 c) 27x = 3 d) 16x = 4

x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

1
5: Solve
2 the following:

a) 125x = 15 b) 8x = 12 c) 25x = 15 d) 9x = 13
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

1
6: Solve
2 the following:

a) 64x = 14 b) 2x = 1 c) 5x = 125 d) 4x = 161

x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

e) 9x = 3 f) 2x = 12 g) 4x = 1 h) 9x = 13
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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 Rearranging Formulae GREEN

1) Make 𝑥 the subject:

a) 𝑥+𝑏 =𝑐 b) 𝑥−𝑐 =𝑓

c) 2𝑥 + 4 = 𝑓 d) 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 𝑐

2) Make 𝑥 the subject:

𝑥+3 𝑥
a) =𝑎 b) +3=𝑏
2 2

𝑥−𝑏
c) 2(𝑥 + 𝑎) = 𝑏 d) =𝑎
2

4) Make 𝑥 the subject:

a) 𝑥² + 4 = 𝑎 b) 𝑥2 − 𝑑 = 𝑐

c) (𝑥 + 2)² = 𝑏 d) √𝑥 + 𝑎 = 𝑏

5) Make 𝑥 the subject:

𝑎+3 𝑎
a) =𝑏 b) +𝑏 =𝑐
𝑥 𝑥

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 Area, Perimeter and Angles with Algebra

None of the diagrams are drawn accurately or to scale!

1. Here are two rectangles. All measurements are

in centimetres. The area of rectangle A is equal
to the area of rectangle B. Work out the
perimeter of rectangle B.

2. The diagram shows a trapezium.

AD = 𝑥 cm.
BC is the same length as AD.
AB is twice the length of AD.
DC is 4 cm longer than AB.
The perimeter of the trapezium is 40 cm.
Work out the length of AD.

3. ABC is a triangle.
Angle ABC = angle BCA.
The length of side AB is (3𝑥 − 5) cm.
The length of side AC is (19 − 𝑥) cm.
The length of side BC is 2𝑥 cm.
Work out the perimeter of the triangle.
Give your answer as a number of centimetres.

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4. The diagram shows the plan of a floor.
The area of the floor is 138 m2.
Work out the value of 𝑥.

6. Here is a rectangle.
All measurements on the diagram are in
centimetres.
(a) Find the value of 𝑥.

Here is a triangle.
(b) Find the size of the angle marked y.

7. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

All the angles are in degrees.
Work out the size of the smallest angle of the triangle.

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