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Level 3-4 Algebra - Expressions

If I have x pencils and you have twice as many, how many pencils have you got? You have 2x. (You have two times the number that I have got and 2 times x is the same as 2x)

Level 3-4 Algebra - Expressions

In Algebra, you can think of an expression as one or a number of mathematical symbols that represent a number or quantity. Expressions can contain any number of numbers, letters and symbols. Try our first Maths quiz on Expressions.

Which of these options do you prefer?

  1. Which of the following is not a mathematical expression?

  2. In an algebraic expression letters are often used to represent what?

  3. Simplify 5a + 7a.

  4. Which of these is a simplification of 2a x 3a?

  5. Simplify 4a + 5b + 6b + 11a

  6. What is the simplification of 3a + 4b + 6c + 3a - 6c - 1a - 3b?

  7. If I have x rabbits and you have twice as many, how many rabbits have you got?

  8. Jane is c years old and her sister Katie is three years younger so how old is Katie?

  9. Peter has x brothers, Paul has y brothers and Graham has z brothers. Between the three boys, how many brothers have they got?

  10. Suzie is x years old and she has a sister called Rosie who is four years older. Rosie's mother was 28 when Rosie was born. How old is Rosie's mother?

Quiz written by Colin King

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