Edexcel GCSE Mathematics · 1MA1

Expression Simplification

What you need to know

Simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions, including those involving surds and algebraic fractions.
Collect like terms.
Multiply a single term over a bracket.
Take out common factors.
Expand products of two or more binomials.
Factorise quadratic expressions of the form $x^2 + bx + c$ , including the difference of two squares.

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Factorise quadratic expressions of the form

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Simplify expressions involving sums, products, and powers using the laws of indices.