Year 8 · Maths

Understand Expressions Equations Inequalities Terms And Factors

Year 8 learners practise solving inequalities and collecting like terms.

The activities include Collect Like Terms to Solve Algebra Problems, Does it Fit the Inequality, Factorise Algebraic Expressions Involving Squared Terms, and related practice. The checked support below includes lesson, teaching, video, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Collect Like Terms to Solve Algebra Problems
Does it Fit the Inequality
Factorise Algebraic Expressions Involving Squared Terms
Factorise Simple Algebraic Expressions
Find the Formula for the General Term of a Sequence
Practise Solving Two-Stage Inequalities
Solve Algebra Problems By Collecting Like Terms
Solve Inequalities
Solve the Inequality
Solve Two Inequalities
Substitute Negative Numbers into Algebraic Expressions

Checked learning resources

Substitution with negative numbers guided practice

Twinkl Beyond · Lesson · Account may be required

KS3 introductory PowerPoint and branching questions practise substitution with negative numbers and indices.
Solving linear equations

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Current Oak teacher unit support for Understand Expressions Equations Inequalities Terms And Factors; selected after reading the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will factorise algebraic expressions inv
Expressions and formulae

BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

BBC Bitesize corpus page for Understand Expressions Equations Inequalities Terms And Factors; supports the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will solve inequalities.
Practise Solving Two-Stage Inequalities video

Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 Maths video matched to practise solving two-stage inequalities.
Solve Inequalities video

Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 Maths video matched to solve inequalities.
Solving linear equations

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 Maths resource matched to solving inequalities and collecting like terms.
Oak video: Simplifying By Collecting Like Terms

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

I can simplify expressions by collecting like terms. Like terms and their coefficients can be identified. Like terms can be represented using a bar model. Like terms can be collected together, paying careful attention to
Solving and checking linear inequalities video

YouTube — Corbettmaths · Video · Opens on the provider website

Solve linear inequalities and check which values satisfy a given inequality.