Expanding Brackets Summary

Expanding Brackets

Summary

 

removing brackets from an expression is called expanding. it is also known as the distributive property.

types of expressions that can be expanded include:

  • quadratics
  • perfect squares
  • difference of two squares
  • cubics

Key Skills
  • remove brackets from expressions and simplifying the result
  • expand expressions with two or three brackets
  • recognise expressions involving the difference of two squares

 

Vocabulary

distributive property, quadratic, perfect square, expanding,expression, cubic, polynomial, term.