01 / QUICK RECAP
Connect the ideas.
- A variable represents a number, while a constant is fixed.
- A coefficient multiplies a variable; a power shows repeated multiplication.
- Translate the order meant by the words, using brackets around a whole group.
- Substitute every occurrence consistently and follow the order of operations.
- Combine like terms; keep unlike terms separate.
- One counterexample disproves a false equivalence.
- A formula table applies the same stated rule to each input.
02 / TOPIC TEST
Put it together.
Choose a paper and show your working.
Algebraic expressions and formulas — topic test
A progressive by-hand paper covering notation, expressions, brackets, substitution, equivalence and formula tables.
15 questions · 36 marks · 45 minutes · By hand
Curriculum reference & lesson scope
Australian Curriculum v9.0 / SA Curriculum Mathematics
Year 7 variables, expression notation, substitution, simple equivalence and formula tables. Digital methods are explained with supplied data; the topic test works by hand.
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