expanding brackets
What expanding brackets means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Multiplying each term in the first bracket by each term in the second, so (x + 2)(x + 5) is x² + 7x + 10.
Multiplying every term in one bracket by every term in the other, then collecting like terms.
Topics that use expanding brackets
- Notation, vocabulary and manipulation (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Notation, vocabulary and manipulation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- algebraic equivalence
- algebraic notation
- composite functions
- difference of two squares
- equation
- Expression
- factorising quadratics
- Formula
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