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Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher 2.2.E Expanding Two Linear Expressions

Edexcel IGCSE Math A Higher 2.2.E Expanding Two Linear Expressions
Edexcel IGCSE Math A syllabusMath A 4MA1First assessment 2018

Practise multiplying every term in one linear bracket by every term in the other and collecting like terms.

How this is tested

  • generate all four products from two linear brackets before collecting terms
  • preserve negative signs when multiplying constants and variable terms
  • match coefficients after expansion when a product is given in another algebraic form

Question 6(a)

[Maximum number: 2]

Expand and simplify (m+5)(m-8)