This KS3 expanding brackets maths resource focuses on teaching students how to expand algebraic brackets. It includes progressively challenging tasks to support different levels of understanding:

• Foundation: Basic expansion of single brackets, such as 2(3x+5).
• Developing: Slightly more complex expressions.
• Secure: Expanding and simplifying more challenging expressions.
• Exceeding: Applying expanded expressions to problem-solving contexts, including area/volume calculations.

Structure of this expanding brackets resource

1. Pre-assessment: A set of questions to check prior knowledge.
2. Worked examples & practice questions: Covers a range of difficulty levels.
3. Mastery post-assessment: Tests understanding after learning, ensuring misconceptions are addressed.

The resource encourages independent work and discussion of solutions. It follows a mastery approach, aiming for deep understanding rather than surface-level knowledge.

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