Prior Content: Simplifying Basic Expressions, Basic Operations +-x/, Indices

Possible Next Steps: Solving Simple Equations, Factorising

Contents

1.1 Single Bracket Basics

Teaching Videos, Exercises & Activities
Tutorial Videos

Courtesy of Maths Genie. Up to 7:57

Corbettmaths Expanding Brackets (Up to 2:25)

Mr Arnold Maths Video

Me vs Maths

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost Resources
Dr Frost Video

K153: Expand a Single Bracket with an Integer on the Front.

K154: Expand a Single Bracket Requiring Simplification.

K157: Expand a Single Bracket With an Algebraic Term at the Front.

Extension Materials

1.2 Negative In Front

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Corbett Maths Video. From 2:25

*note. Remember if there does not appear to be a number in front of the bracket, but there is a negative sign, you should view this as -1 in front of the bracket.

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
EXTENSION MATERIALS

1.3 Expand and Simplify Multiple Brackets

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Courtesy of Maths Genie. From 7:57

Me vs Maths

Cognito From 2:22

Hegartymaths

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
Dr Frost Video

Whole Topic Video

K155: Expand Two Sets of Single Brackets and Collect Like Terms.

K156: Expand Two Sets of Single Brackets Where the Second Bracket has a Negative Coefficient.

EXTENSION MATERIALS

1.4 Expanding Single Brackets in Context

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Fox Maths From 6:07

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
EXTENSION MATERIALS

2.1 Expanding Double Brackets

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Courtesy of Maths Genie

Me vs Maths

Corbettmaths (last example is squared)

Cognito (up to 3:04)

revisemathsUK (FOIL approach) if you really have to use FOIL

Maths by Fives Multiply polynomials using FOIL

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
Dr Frost Video

Whole Topic Video (Up to 6:17)

K351: Expanding Two Brackets with Simple Coefficients.

K352: Expanding Two Brackets With More General Coefficients.

K355: Expand Expressions of the Form (ax+b)(cx+d)−(ex+f)(gx+h).

K356: Expand Double Brackets With Subsequent Simplification Required.

EXTENSION MATERIALS
Other Videos & Multimedia
Worksheets

2.2 Special Cases for Double Brackets (Squares and Difference of 2 Squares)

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Courtesy of Maths Genie From 3:49 for squared brackets

Corbettmaths (last example is squared)

Joel Speranza Math (Difference of 2 Squares)

Maths by Fives Multiplying difference of squares

Me vs Maths (final example only for difference of 2 squares)

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
Dr Frost Video

Whole Topic Video (4:12 to 6:17) Squared Brackets

K353: Expand an expression in the form (x+a)2.

K354: Expand Two Brackets in the Form (x−a)(x+a).

EXTENSION MATERIALS
Activities
Past Paper Practice
Online Platforms

3.1 Triple Brackets & 3 Terms in a Bracket

TEACHING VIDEOS, EXERCISES & ACTIVITIES
Tutorial Videos

Courtesy of Maths Genie

Cognito Three Terms in Brackets (From 3:04)

Cognito Triple Brackets

Corbettmaths Expanding Three Brackets

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost resources
EXTENSION MATERIALS

3.2 Expanding (a + b)n Using Pascal’s Triangle (Level 2 FM)

Teaching Videos, Exercises & Activities
Tutorial Videos

Corbett Maths Expanding Brackets Using Pascal’s Triangle

WW Why does Pascal’s Triangle appear in the Binomial Expansion?

Online Platforms (with Videos & Exercises)
Activities & Resources
Worksheets
Dr Frost Resources

Whole Topic Summary Resources (Including Past Paper Questions)

Download Expanding Brackets PPQs as WW Powerpoint for Edexcel IGCSE, AQA GCSE, Edexcel GCSE or OCR GCSE (or all GCSE together)

Other Whole Topic Resources

Acute Learning Problem Pairs
Activities & Resources
Worksheets

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