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Collecting and simplifying Dauntsey's School

1: Simplify the following:

a) -r + 2r = __________ b) -10h - 8h = __________ c) -5v + v = __________
d) -4u + 5u = __________ e) 9m - 8m = __________ f) -4q - 7q = __________
g) -6e - 9e = __________ h) 6y - 7y = __________

2: Simplify the following:

a) z - t - 4z - 3t = __________ b) 9x + 6n - 6x - 10n = __________
c) 7d + 5a + 9d - 2a = __________ d) -2k + 2b - 7k + 5b = __________
e) 6w - 3g - 9w - 5g = __________ f) 9j + 7p + 2j - 5p = __________
g) 10s - 7l + 10s + 4l = __________ h) c - f + 8c - 9f = __________

3: Simplify the following:

a) -4x - 3 - 10x + 8 = __________ b) -6u - 2 + 6u + 2 = __________
c) 3z + 3 + 8z - 4 = __________ d) -r + 4 + 6r + 9 = __________
e) 2v + 4 - v - 2 = __________ f) -10e + 7 + 2e - 4 = __________
g) -h - 3 + 5h + 1 = __________ h) -4t - 5 + t + 3 = __________

4: Simplify the following:

a) g + 5q + 9 + 4g - 5q + 10 = __________
b) -4w - 5y - 2 - 5w - 5y + 5 = __________
c) 5l - 7b - 4 + 7l - 6b + 2 = __________
d) -2c + 8n + 6 - 6c - 10n + 7 = __________
e) -k + 10m - 2 - 5k - 2m - 3 = __________
f) -3a + 6j - 9 + 6a + 2j - 4 = __________
g) -5s - 3d - 10 - 2s + 7d - 4 = __________
h) 6f + 6p - 8 - 8f - 6p + 5 = __________

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5: Multiply out and simplify the following:
a) 9(-8g - 7) = __________ b) 7(-5z + 5) = __________
c) -2(8y - 4) = __________ d) 5(-9w - 7) = __________
e) -6(8e - 1) = __________ f) 10(-7t - 1) = __________
g) 7(-2b + 3) = __________ h) -9(-10v + 1) = __________

6: Multiply out and simplify the following:

a) 7(-10l - 9) + 3(5l - 6) b) 4(-9c + 7) - 9(-9c + 8)

__________ __________
c) 2(-4q - 4) + 7(-5q - 10) d) -10(8r - 2) - 2(-3r - 4)

__________ __________
e) 5(2p + 9) + 6(-7p + 3) f) -10(-3a + 9) - 4(a - 5)

__________ __________
g) -8(-10d + 10) - (10d - 9) h) 9(x - 6) + 9(2x - 10)

__________ __________

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Answers: Collecting and simplifying Dauntsey's School

1: a) r b) -18h c) -4v d) u
e) m f) -11q g) -15e h) -y

2: a) -3z - 4t b) 3x - 4n c) 16d + 3a d) -9k + 7b

e) -3w - 8g f) 11j + 2p g) 20s - 3l h) 9c - 10f

3: a) -14x + 5 b) 0 c) 11z - 1 d) 5r + 13
e) v + 2 f) -8e + 3 g) 4h - 2 h) -3t - 2

4: a) 5g + 19 b) -9w - 10y + 3 c) 12l - 13b - 2 d) -8c - 2n + 13

e) -6k + 8m - 5 f) 3a + 8j - 13 g) -7s + 4d - 14 h) -2f - 3

5: a) -72g - 63 b) -35z + 35 c) -16y + 8 d) -45w - 35

e) -48e + 6 f) -70t - 10 g) -14b + 21 h) 90v - 9

6: a) -55l - 81 b) 45c - 44 c) -43q - 78 d) -74r + 28

e) -32p + 63 f) 26a - 70 g) 70d - 71 h) 27x - 144

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