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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Algebra - Linear Brackets
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You need to 'get-rid' of two sets of adjoining brackets so that you can work out the values of the terms within the brackets. Each term in the first bracket needs to be multiplied by each term in the second bracket. 
 

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Algebra - Linear Brackets
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10 Questions

1. What is a times a?
2. What are the 4 terms derived from the following linear brackets (x - 3)(x - 4)?
3. The anwer to question 5 above was x2 - 4x +3x - 12. How could this be simplified?
4. What are the four terms derived from the following linear brackets (x + 3)(x - 4)?
5. The answer to question 8 above was x2 + 9x - 7x - 63. How could this be simplified?
6. What are the 4 terms derived from the following linear brackets (x - 7)(x + 9)?
7. What is x8 / x6?
8. What are the 4 terms derived from the following linear brackets (a - 1)(a - 6)?
9. What is x3 times x5?
10. How else could you represent x6 + x8?