Year 8 Maths

Week beginning 13th July

This week's video seminar

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Scroll down for this week's tasks.

Learning intentions

  • To be able to expand a single bracket

  • To be able to expand and simplify single brackets

Total study time this week: 2 hours

Office hours

If you have any questions or need support, please join our drop-in Q&A session via email at the time shown below.

  • Miss Merchant

  • Office hours: Tuesday 2pm - 3pm


Task 1

  1. Watch the video and make any notes you will need from THIS clip about expanding brackets. Pause the video and attempt the questions when prompted to (5 mins).

  2. Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 from the worksheet below, and then question 1 from the apply section (25 mins).

  3. Mark your work from THIS resource (5 mins).

  4. Complete the Mathswatch task titled Expanding Brackets (25 mins).

Task 2

  1. Watch the video and make any notes you will need from THIS clip about expanding and simplifying single brackets. Pause the video and attempt the questions when prompted to (5 mins).

  2. Answer questions 5 and 6 from the worksheet below, and then the question 1 from the apply section (25 mins).

  3. Mark your work from THIS resource (5 mins).

  4. Complete the Mathswatch task titled Expanding and Simplifying Brackets (25 mins).

Tasks from previous weeks

Attribution: The practice questions on this page are taken from Corbett Maths.