ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

Simplify the following

FORM ONE:
1. 15k - 6k + 3 2. 12a + 6a 3. –7x - 12x 4. 7x - y - 2x + 6y

5. 5p + 6 - 7 - 8p 6. – y + 3 - (-4y) - 2 7. –12 - 4y + 6y - 1 8. 3r + 10 - 2r

9. –7j - 5j + 10 10. 3x - 15x - 30 11. 3p + 2 - 2p - (-4) 12. 3 - 7 + 14b

FORM TWO:
Multiplication and Division of two or more terms:
1. 2a X 7b 2. –4a X 3a 3. 6ab X 5ab 4. –5x X 3y 5. –7a X (-6bc)

8. 3ab X 5 abc 9. –3g2h X 4hk 10. 0.3m2n X 2mn X 4mnp

11. (-12pq) X (-4pqr) 12. 2/3p2q X 9qr 13. ¾ stu X (-8st2u)

14. –12wy X (- ¼ wyz) X 2/3 y2z 15. (-8st2u) X (-7stu2 )

1. 15 abc  5c 2. 27p2q2r  (-12pr) 3. (-36sr2p )  8sr2p 4. 72 abc  (-9abc

5. 6mnp 7. 10xyz 8. 6pq2r3

2p 5xz 3rs

9. –18x3y2z  2xz 10. –3e2f3q  (-12ef) 11. 2/3k2mn3  kmn/6

12. – ½ x3y2z  ¼ xy
Simplify each of the following.

1. 16a2c X 3bc2 2. – 3p2qr X 4q2r 3. (6gh2) (4f3g)

4abc 6pqr -8fg

4. 2pq2 X (-6p2qr2) 5. (2m2n) X (-6n2p)  3mn 6. 3xz  (-2yz) X (-4xyz)

3qr

7. 4cd X 5cd  10d 8. 8fg2h  54f3g2h X 18f2g

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions by Collecting Like Terms

1. 4xy + 7wx - 3xy - 5wx 2. 9m2n - 4mn + 5m2n - 8mn

3. 2ghk - 4gk2 - 8ghk - 5gk2 4. 5de2 - (-3m2n) + (-7de2) - 9m2n

5. –9ab - 6ab2 + (-2ab) - (-4ab2) 6. pq - 3p2r - (-5pq) - 4p2r

Evaluating Expressions by Substituting Numbers for Letters

1. 2ab - 3ab , given a = -2 , b = 3 2. 5ef2 - 3f , given e = 4 , f = 2

3. –7gh + 5gh2 , given g = -3 , h = 2 4. 12pq + 6q , given p = -2 , q = 1/3

5. 2xy - 3x , given x = -4 , y = 3 6. 1/3v2 - 2vw , given v = -3 , w = 2

4

7. 3n + 2 , given n = 4 , m = 7 8. x - a , given x = 12 ,a = 2

m 2

COMPUTATIONS INVOLVING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

1. 3( 4ab2 - 5bc) 2. –7 ( -2gk + 3ghk) 3. –3 (3pq - 5mn) 4. 4(5ab2 + c + 3)

5. 2/3 ( 3mn - 6p2q) 6. ½ ( - 14xy - 2xz + 6yz) 7. -3/4 ( -20pq - 8rs + 4tu)

8. 14rs - 6t2 9. (-15kh + 20gh) 10. 8pq + 4abc 11. –10mn - 5xy + 20
2 5 4 5

12. 9xy - 12z 13. 21cd - 14 bc + 7ef 14. 8pq + 4mn - 12rs
-3 -7 4
Simplify each of the following expressions:
1. 4 ( 3ab - 2ac) + (5ab - 3ac) 2. 3(4pq - qr) - 2 (pq - 3qr)

3. –5(2m - mn) + 3 (4m + 5mn) 4. (mn - 2ab) + (4mn + 7ab - 1)

5. (5xy + 7 ) - ( xy + 4) 6. (3pq + rs - x ) - ( 2pq + 6rs)

7. 5 (x + 2y ) - 3 (2x - 2y) 8. 3x - ( 7x - 5y) 9. –3( 4xy + 3xz) - (- 2xy – 5xz)

10. 2/3 (6gh + 12g) - ¾ (4g + 8gh) 11. ½ (4a + 6b – 10c) + 1/3 ( 9a - 3b - 6c)

12. 2/5 ( 5p - 10q + 15s) 13. ¾ ( 8ab + 4bc - 12cd) 14. –1/6 (- 12x - 18y + 24z)

15. 4rs - 6st + 3st - 9rs 16. 20wx - 40 - 16 + 8wx

2 3 5 4

17. 8(3x - 2) + 4x - 6 18. 4(2x - 3) + 5x - 10 19. –4(2x - 3) - 5x - 10

2 5 5

20. 6ab + 3c - 2ab - 6c 21. –15rs - 21pq - 8pq + 20 rs

3 2 -3 -4
WRITING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

1. A campaign involves m boys and n girls . Each boy has to distribute x pamphlets while each girl has to
distribute y pamphlets to the public . What is the total number of pamphlets distributed to the public ?

2. A teacher has p boxes of pencils with 2n number of pencils in each box . She distributes a number of
pencils to each student in a class of 3b students. Find the remaining number of pencils that the teachers has .

3. A worker is paid RMx an hour for normal working hours and Rmy an hour for overtime. If he works 5v
normal working hours and 2w hours of overtime in a day , find his income for the day .

4. In making a dress , a tailor needs p hours in cutting and q hours in sewing . find the total number of hours
he needs to make n dress.

5. A boy has 2x packets of sweets with 3y sweets in each packet. If he eats 5m sweets a day , the number of
sweets that remain after 2n days is

6. There are 3mn2 groups of students with 8mp students in each group. If all the students are to be divided
equally into 6mn groups , find the number of students in each group .

7. Sweets are sold in packets of two sizes , big and small . A big packet contains 8m sweets while a small
packet contains 5n sweets. A boy buys x big packets and y small packets . Write a simplified expressions for
the total number of sweets bought by him .