Expand these brackets and simplify wherever possible:

1. 𝟑(𝒂 − 𝟒) = 2. 𝟔(𝟐𝒄 + 𝟓) =

3. −𝟐(𝒅 + 𝒈) = 4. 𝒄(𝒅 + 𝟒) =

5. −𝟓(𝟐𝒂 − 𝟑) = 6. 𝒂(𝒂 − 𝟔) =

7. 𝟒𝒓(𝟐𝒓 + 𝟑) = 8. −(𝟒𝒂 + 𝟐) =

9. 𝟖 − 𝟐(𝒕 + 𝟓) = 10. 𝟐(𝟐𝒂 + 𝟒) + 𝟒(𝟑𝒂 + 𝟔) =

11. 𝟐𝒑(𝟑𝒑 + 𝟐) − 𝟓(𝟐𝒑 − 𝟏) = 12. 𝟑𝒂(𝟓 − 𝟐𝒂) =

Expand these brackets and simplify:

1. (𝒄 + 𝟐)(𝒄 + 𝟔) = 2. (𝟐𝒂 + 𝟏)(𝟑𝒂 − 𝟒) =

3. (𝟑𝒂 − 𝟒)(𝟓𝒂 + 𝟕) = 4. (𝒑 + 𝟐)(𝟕𝒑 − 𝟑) =

5. (𝒂 − 𝟐)(𝒂 + 𝟕) = 6. (𝒄 + 𝟕)𝟐 =

7. (𝟒𝒈 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 8. (𝟑 − 𝟐𝒉)𝟐 =

9. (𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 = 10. (𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟐 =

Factorise the following (and check by expanding):

1. 𝟏𝟓 − 𝟑𝒙 = 2. 𝟐𝒂 + 𝟏𝟎 =

3. 𝒂𝒃 − 𝟓𝒂 = 4. 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟔𝒂 =

5. 𝟖𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 = 6. 𝟏𝟎𝒑𝒒 + 𝟐𝒑 =

7. 𝟐𝟎𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 = 8. 𝟐𝟒𝒂𝒃 + 𝟏𝟔𝒂𝟐 =

9. 𝟔𝒓𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒓 = 10. 𝟑𝒂𝟐 − 𝟗𝒂𝟑 =

11. 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓𝒚 = 12. 𝟔𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙 =

13. 𝟏𝟓𝒑𝒒 − 𝟐𝟎𝒒 = 14. −𝟏𝟖𝒙𝒚 − 𝟔𝒙 =

15. 𝟕𝒙𝟐 𝒚 + 𝒙𝒚 = 16. −𝟑𝒎 − 𝒎𝟐 =

17. 𝟏𝟓𝒑 − 𝟐𝟎𝒒 = 18. 𝟐𝟏𝒔𝒕𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓𝒔𝒕 =

19. 𝒂𝒕 − 𝒂𝒕𝟐 = 20. 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝒃 =

Factorise these expressions:
𝟐(𝒂 + 𝒃) + 𝒙(𝒂 + 𝒃)
𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 (𝒂 + 𝒃) 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐
𝟐(𝒂 + 𝒃) + 𝒙(𝒂 + 𝒃) = (𝒂 + 𝒃)(𝟐 + 𝒙)

1. 𝒎(𝒙 − 𝒚) + 𝒏(𝒙 − 𝒚) = 2. 𝒂𝟐 (𝟐 − 𝒙) + 𝟕(𝟐 − 𝒙) =

3. (𝒙 + 𝒚) + 𝒂(𝒙 + 𝒚) = 4. 𝒂(𝒙 + 𝟕) + 𝒑(𝒙 + 𝟕) =

5. 𝒙(𝒎 + 𝒏) − 𝒚(𝒎 + 𝒏) = 6. 𝒒(𝒒 − 𝟐) − 𝟐(𝒒 − 𝟐) =

7. 𝒙(𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚) − 𝟐(𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚) = 8. 𝒌(𝒃 − 𝟒) + 𝟑(𝒃 − 𝟒) =

Factorise the following:

1. 𝒘𝒙 + 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒘𝒚 + 𝒚𝒛 = 2. 𝟖𝒇𝒉 − 𝟐𝟎𝒇𝒎 + 𝟔𝒈𝒉 − 𝟏𝟓𝒈𝒎 =

3. 𝒑𝒂 + 𝒑𝒃 + 𝒒𝒂 + 𝒒𝒃 = 4. 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒂𝒄 + 𝒃𝒄 =

5. 𝒂𝒃 + 𝟑𝒄 + 𝟑𝒂 + 𝒃𝒄 = 6. 𝒎𝒏 + 𝒎 + 𝒏 + 𝟏 =

7. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙𝒚 = 8. 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 =

9. 𝒎𝒏 + 𝟑𝒏𝒑 + 𝟓𝒎 + 𝟏𝟓𝒑 = 10. 𝟖𝒂 − 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒂𝒚 − 𝒚 =

11. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒙𝒘 − 𝒚𝒘 = 12. 𝟏𝟐𝒑𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒑 + 𝟑𝒑𝒒 − 𝟒𝒒 =

13. 𝒂𝟑 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂 − 𝟏 = 14. 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒙𝒛 − 𝒘𝒚 − 𝒘𝒛 =

15. 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝒄 − 𝒂𝒅 − 𝒄𝒅 = 16. 𝟓𝒂 + 𝟏𝟓 − 𝒂𝒃 − 𝟑𝒃 =

17. 𝟔𝒂𝒃 + 𝟗𝒂𝒅 − 𝟐𝒃𝒄 − 𝟑𝒄𝒅 = 18. 𝟏𝟏𝒚 + 𝟐𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙 =

19. 𝟐𝒘𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙𝒛 − 𝒘𝒚 + 𝒚𝒛 = 20. 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚 =

Factorising – quadratic expressions

1. 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 2. 𝒎𝟐 − 𝟒 =

3. 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓 = 4. 𝟖𝟏𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏 =

5. 𝟒 − 𝒕𝟐 = 6. 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝟒 =

7. 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 = 8. 𝟒𝟗 − 𝟒𝒂𝟐 =

9. 𝟐𝟓𝒑𝟐 − 𝟗 = 10. 𝒎𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔𝒏𝟐 =

Factorise by first taking out a common factor:

1. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝟐 = 2. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝟖 =

3. 𝟒𝒂𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 4. 𝟓𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎 =

5. 𝟐𝟒𝒂𝟐 − 𝟔𝒃𝟐 = 6. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟕𝟕𝒚𝟐 =

7. 𝟖𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝟖 = 8. 𝟖𝟎𝒑𝟐 − 𝟓𝒒𝟐 =

9. 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝟒 = 10. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑 =

Factorise each of these expressions:

1. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑 = 2. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 =

3. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓 = 4. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟔 =

5. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎 = 6. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 =
7. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔 = 8. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐 =

9. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎 = 10. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 =

11. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐 = 12. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐 =

13. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟐 = 14. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟑𝟎 =
Factorise these expressions:

1. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟑 = 2. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒 =

3. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟓 = 4. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐 =

5. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐 = 6. 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟔 =

7. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎 = 8. 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 =

9. 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟔 = 10. 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝟏 =