Single Bracket Expansion
Single Bracket Factorising
F.O.I.L
Probability
Miss Rowley
100

2(a+3)

2a+6

100

2a+4b

2(a+2b)

100

What does F.O.I.L stand for?

First, Outers, Inners, Last

100

This is the probability of rolling a 3 on a fair six-sided die.


1/6

100

Miss Rowley’s puppy’s name

Smokey

200

3(a-8)

3a-24

200

8k+36

4(2k+9)

200

(x+2)(x+3)

x^2+5x+6

200

A coin is tossed twice. This is the probability of getting two heads.


1/4

200

Year Miss Rowley was born

1980

300

 4(7x+5y) 

28x+20y

300

9x^2+6x

3x(3x+2)

300

(x+7)(x-8)

x^2-x+56

300

A bag contains 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green counters. This is the probability of selecting a counter that is not red.


1/2

300

Miss Rowley’s previous school

Sunshine Beach

400

3y(5y+2)

15y2+6y

400

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. This is how many remain.


9 sheep remain

400

(r-6)(r-4)

r^2-10r+24

400

chance of randomly picking a girl from this class

check on the day!

400

Number of kids Miss Rowley has

2

500

A circle has a radius of 5 cm. This is its diameter.


10 cm

500

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. My digits add to 14.


194

500

Name the 5 students in our class with first name starting with the letter E.

Esther, Emily, Elora, Elijah, Evie

500

Chance of the Raiders winning the NRL grand final this year

zero!

500

Subjects Miss Rowley currently teaches

maths, science, chemistry