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Evaluate expressions with squares

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

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Replace each letter with its value. Put parentheses around negative values.

  1. Evaluate −2x² − 5 when x = −4.
  2. Evaluate −4x² + 1 when x = −3.
  3. Evaluate 5x² + 1 when x = 2.
  4. Evaluate −4x² − 4 when x = −4.
  5. Evaluate −5x² + 8 when x = 4.
  6. Evaluate 9x² + 1 when x = 5.
  7. Evaluate 9x² + 6 when x = −3.
  8. Evaluate −3x² + 8 when x = −4.
  9. Evaluate −4x² + 2 when x = −5.
  10. Evaluate 2x² − 8 when x = −1.
  11. Evaluate 3x² − 6 when x = −4.
  12. Evaluate 6x² + 3 when x = 6.
  13. Evaluate −4x² + 10 when x = −4.
  14. Evaluate 4x² − 10 when x = −1.
  15. Evaluate 2x² + 4 when x = 2.
  16. Evaluate −6x² + 4 when x = −10.
  17. Evaluate 16x² + 17 when x = −15.
  18. Evaluate 11x² − 15 when x = −7.
  19. Evaluate −3x² − 16 when x = 15.
  20. Evaluate 11x² − 20 when x = −1.
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Answer key: Evaluate expressions with squares

  1. -37
  2. -35
  3. 21
  4. -68
  5. -72
  6. 226
  7. 87
  8. -40
  9. -98
  10. -6
  11. 42
  12. 219
  13. -54
  14. -6
  15. 12
  16. -596
  17. 3617
  18. 524
  19. -691
  20. -9