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AQA GCSE Mathematics (8300) — Algebra
What You Need to Know
Simplify expressions by collecting like terms.
Multiply a single term over a bracket.
Take out common factors.
Simplify expressions involving sums, products, and powers using laws of indices.
Expand products of two or more binomials.
Factorise quadratic expressions of the form
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
x^2 + bx + c
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
and
a
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
ax^2 + bx + c
a
x
2
+
b
x
+
c
.
Apply the difference of two squares.
Simplify and manipulate expressions involving surds and algebraic fractions.
Revision Notes
1
Linear Expressions: Simplifying and Single Brackets
16 key terms
2
Laws of Indices
8 key terms
3
Expanding and Factorising Quadratics
16 key terms
4
Surds and Algebraic Fractions
12 key terms
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