CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended E2.2.1 Simplify Expressions By Collecting Like Terms Questions

Practise Extended CAIE IGCSE Mathematics by combining matching variable terms, keeping unlike variables separate and carrying every positive or negative sign correctly.

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Collect coefficients only for matching variables and powers, preserving signs while simplifying an Extended algebraic expression.

[Maximum number: 4]

(a)

Simplify.

[ 4 ]

(i)

3 m-5 n-4 m+8 n

[ 2 ]

(ii)

$\frac{4 x}{5}-\frac{3 x}{10}+\frac{2 x}{15}$

[ 2 ]

$\frac{19x}{30}$ final answer
M1 for $\frac{6\times4x-3\times3x+2\times2x}{30}$ oe

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CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended E2.2.1 Simplify Expressions By Collecting Like Terms Questions question 1

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