5.

4 RAISING THE POWER OF INDEX NOTATIONS

Index expressions raised to a power can be simplified by

a) repeated multiplication

b) multiplication of indices

Computations involving raising the power of index

notations.

EXAMPLES

Combined operations involving index notations.

EXAMPLE

5.5 NEGATIVE INDICES

EXAMPLES

5.6 FRACTIONAL INDICES

EXAMPLES

5.7 COMPUTATIONS INVOLVING LAWS OF INDICES

Combined operations involving numbers

EXAMPLES

Combined operations involving numbers and algebra.

EXAMPLE

CHAPTER 6
ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS III

6.1 EXPANSION OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

Expanding algebraic expressions involving a pair

of bracket.
EXAMPLES

Expanding algebraic expressions involving two

pairs of brackets.
EXAMPLES

6.2 FACTORIZATION

Factorization is a process of writing an expression

as a product of two or more factors.

Process I is called expansion while process II is called

factorization.

Factors of algebraic terms.

EXAMPLES

Common factors and HCF.

EXAMPLES

Factorizing algebraic expressions.

EXAMPLES

Factorizing algebraic fractions.

EXAMPLES

6.3 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS

Algebraic fractions with the same denominator.

EXAMPLES

Algebraic fractions with one denominator as a

multiple of the other.
EXAMPLES

Algebraic fractions having denominators with or

without common factors.
EXAMPLES

6.4 MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS

Multiplying algebraic fractions.

EXAMPLES

Dividing algebraic fractions.

EXAMPLES

CHAPTER 7
ALGEBRAIC FORMULAE

7.1 VARIABLES AND CONSTANTS

To determine wether a quantity is a variable or constant,

we must find out if its value varies or remains unchanged.

EXAMPLE
Determine if the following quantities
are variables or constants.
(a) The number of days in a week.
(b) The number of schooldays in each
month.

Months

Number of schooldays

January

22

February

16

March

21

Solution:
(a) There are 7 days in a week. Therefore, the number of days in a week is a
constant.
(b) The number of schooldays differs from month to month. Therefore, the number
of schooldays in each month is a variable.