Math Tutorial 6.2 - Expanding Brackets

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There are 7 lessons in this math tutorial covering Expanding Brackets. The tutorial starts with an introduction to Expanding Brackets and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific math lesson as required to build your math knowledge of Expanding Brackets. You can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.

In this Math tutorial, you will learn:

What happens to the terms in brackets if we remove them?
What does 'expanding brackets' mean?
How to expand brackets when a number multiplies an expression in brackets.
How to expand brackets when they are divided by a number or a non-zero variable.
How to apply the sign rule correctly.
How to expand two brackets multiplied together.
What to do when there are more than two brackets multiplied together.

Introduction

In the previous tutorial, we discussed about the BEDMAS (or PEMDAS) rule which is also applicable in algebraic expression. The first step when applying this rule is to deal with the part of expression inside the brackets. Therefore, brackets are widely used in arithmetic expressions and in algebraic ones as well.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to expand brackets, i.e. how to obtain a final equivalent expression with no brackets involved if the original expression contains brackets. This process requires the proper use of division or multiplication operations, as well as the correct application of the sign rules.

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Expressions Learning Material
Tutorial ID	Math Tutorial Title	Revision Notes	Revision Questions
6.2	Expanding Brackets
Lesson ID	Math Lesson Title	Lesson	Video Lesson
6.2.1	How to remove the brackets from an Algebraic Expression when no Operations are involved
6.2.2	How to expand brackets when a number multiplies the Expression inside them
6.2.3	How to expand brackets when the Expression inside them Divides a Number
6.2.4	How to expand brackets when a Number Divides an Expression inside them
6.2.5	How to expand two Expressions inside Brackets Multiplied together
6.2.6	How to expand three or more Expressions inside Brackets Multiplied together
6.2.7	Expanding Brackets Summary

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