Date: 27/9/2024 YEAR 8- PRACTISE WORKSHEET 2
TOPICS: - OPERATIONS OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS, SUBSTITUTION, CHANGING
SUBJECT
1. Change the subject to y
3 4
a) 𝑥 = −𝑦 b) 𝑥 + − 5 = 2𝑦 c) 𝑥 2 + 8𝑦 = 9
4 5
3𝑥−9 6𝑥
d) = 2𝑦 e) 14 − 27 = 2𝑦 f) 2𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 7
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2. Substitute the values 𝑥 = 9, 𝑦 = −2 , 𝑧 = −3 and find the value of the below expressions
𝑦 2𝑥
a) 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 b) 3 + 2𝑧 − c) 𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑧
3
𝑥2
d) − 5𝑧 + 𝑥 e) 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 f) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧
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3. Expand the following
3
a) 2 (2𝑥 − 8) b) (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 4) c) 4(2𝑥 − 10)
4 8
d) 8 (2𝑝 − 4 𝑞) e) (2𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 + 4) f) (3𝑥 − 5)9
4. Factorize the following
a) 6𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 b) 6𝑥 2 + 𝑥 c) 9𝑐𝑑 + 3𝑑
d) 2𝑚 − 4𝑛 + 5𝑝 e) 36𝑥 2 𝑦 − 18𝑥𝑦 d) 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑥𝑦𝑧
5. Add the following
2𝑥+6
a) + 3𝑥 b) (4𝑥 + 5) + (−3𝑥 − 6)
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6. Evaluate each algebraic expression when x = 0 and when x = 1. Use the results to match each
expression in the left table with its equivalent expression in the right table.
7. You are saving money to buy a skateboard. You begin with $45 and you save $3 each week. The
expression 45 + 3w gives the amount of money you save after w weeks.
a. How much will you have after 4 weeks, 10 weeks, and 20 weeks?
b. After 20 weeks, can you buy the skateboard? Explain.
8. Complete the table
9. Simplify
(3𝑥−9)
a) (5𝑥 − 8) − (9𝑥 − 10) b) − (4𝑥 + 8)
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10. Alexis is x years old. Her sister, Gloria, is 7 years older than Alexis. Their grandfather is five times as
old as Gloria. Write and simplify an expression that represents their grandfather’s age in years.
