Expanding Using

Algebra Tiles
What is the geometry question
that has this answer ?

2 x 3 = 6

What is the area of the

rectangle shown?

length x width = area

Connecting Integer Concepts to Algebra Tiles
Illustrate 2(3x + 1).

Think length x width = area

of a rectangle.

2
3x+1

2(3x + 1) = 6x + 2
Illustrate
3 × (x + 4 )

x+4

3 × (x + 4 ) = 3 x + 12
Expansion is the process of
removing brackets.

We can think of the instruction

‘expand’ as meaning to
determine the area, given length
x width of a rectangle.
Expand x(2x + 1)

x x2 x2 x

2x + 1

x(2x + 1) = 2x2 + x
Expand x(3x + 2)

x x2 x2 x2 x x

3x +2

x(3x + 2)=3x2+2x