Expanding Brackets

Ages 11-12

Expand single brackets by multiplying each term in the bracket by the term outside the bracket and simplify algebraic expressions obtained from expanding single bracket.
simplifying expressions by expanding brackets
Description

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. understand the distributive property and its application in expanding single  bracket;
  2. expand single brackets by multiplying each term in the bracket by the term outside the bracket;
  3. simplify algebraic expressions obtained from expanding single bracket.

Key Stage 3: Algebra

  • simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions to maintain equivalence by:
    • collecting like terms
    • multiplying a single term over a bracket
    • taking out common factors
    • expanding products of 2 or more binomials

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