Expanding a single bracket

Sample Expanding a single bracket questions

A few of the 29 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 12 marksGrade 2-3
   Expand $7(x + 5)$.
   Show the worked solution

   Multiply each term inside the bracket by 7: $7 \times x = 7x$, $7 \times 5 = 35$

What are the common mistakes in Expanding a single bracket?

When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.

• Multiplies only the first term, forgetting to multiply the second term

  Multiplied the width by the bracket's x term but forgot to also multiply the constant term by the width

• Mishandles the sign when distributing a negative term over a bracket

  Multiplied by 2 instead of -2, losing the negative sign on the multiplier

• Adds the term outside a bracket to each term inside instead of multiplying (distributing) it

  Added 9 to each term inside the bracket instead of multiplying by it

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How many Expanding a single bracket practice questions are there?

There are 29 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Expanding a single bracket, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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