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This document provides a comprehensive guide for Grade 8 students on evaluating algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, and simplifying expressions. It covers key concepts such as squaring negatives, forming equations for perimeter problems, and factoring. Additionally, it explains how to expand brackets and rearrange formulas, including those with fractions.

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Brain Rot

This document provides a comprehensive guide for Grade 8 students on evaluating algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, and simplifying expressions. It covers key concepts such as squaring negatives, forming equations for perimeter problems, and factoring. Additionally, it explains how to expand brackets and rearrange formulas, including those with fractions.

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Here's a clear and simple explanation of each topic for Grade 8:

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### **Evaluating Algebraic Expressions (With and Without a Calculator) – Squaring Negatives**
To evaluate an expression, replace variables with numbers and follow the order of operations:
1. Solve inside brackets first.
2. Handle exponents (powers) next.
3. Multiply or divide from left to right.
4. Add or subtract from left to right.

**Squaring Negatives:**
- If a negative number is inside brackets before squaring, the result is positive.
- If the negative sign is outside, it stays negative.

Example:
- Negative inside brackets: (negative number) × (same negative number) = positive result.
- Negative outside brackets: negative sign stays, and only the number is squared.

A calculator follows the same rules but always check how negatives are entered.

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### **Solving Linear Equations**

#### **One-Step Equations**


Do the opposite operation to isolate the variable.
- If the number is added, subtract it.
- If the number is multiplied, divide it.

#### **Two-Step Equations**


Undo addition or subtraction first, then multiplication or division.

#### **Multi-Step Equations (Brackets & Unknowns on Both Sides)**


1. Expand brackets if needed.
2. Move variables to one side and numbers to the other.
3. Solve step by step.

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### **Forming and Solving Linear Equations**

**Perimeter Problems:**
Write an equation using the perimeter formula, replace values, and solve for the missing length.
**Worded Problems:**
1. Identify what the variable represents.
2. Form an equation based on the given information.
3. Solve step by step.

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### **Simplifying Expressions**


Combine like terms (terms with the same variable and exponent).
- Add or subtract numbers with the same variable.
- Keep different terms separate.

Example:
- Combine terms with the same variable.
- Numbers without variables are added separately.

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### **Expanding Single and Double Brackets**

**Single Bracket:**
Multiply everything inside by the number outside.

**Double Brackets:**
Multiply each term in the first bracket by each term in the second bracket.

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### **Simple Factoring (e.g., 3x + 6)**


Find the common number in all terms and take it outside the bracket.

Example:
- Find the largest number that divides both terms.
- Write the common factor outside and divide each term inside.

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### **Rearranging Formulas (Including Fractions & Brackets)**


1. If there are fractions, multiply by the denominator to remove them.
2. Expand brackets if needed.
3. Move terms step by step to get the variable alone.

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