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Evaluate expressions with two variables

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

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

  1. Evaluate 5a − 5b when a = −6 and b = 2.
  2. Evaluate a + b when a = −6 and b = 6.
  3. Evaluate −5a + 2b when a = 2 and b = 1.
  4. Evaluate −3a − 5b when a = 4 and b = 5.
  5. Evaluate −8a − 2b when a = 3 and b = 4.
  6. Evaluate −2a + 6b when a = −2 and b = −3.
  7. Evaluate −a + 9b when a = −7 and b = −8.
  8. Evaluate 3a − 7b when a = −5 and b = 3.
  9. Evaluate 6a + 3b when a = 3 and b = −9.
  10. Evaluate −9a − 10b when a = 2 and b = 5.
  11. Evaluate 7a + 3b when a = −9 and b = 6.
  12. Evaluate 12a + 4b when a = −6 and b = 10.
  13. Evaluate −6a − 2b when a = 3 and b = 2.
  14. Evaluate −13a + 14b when a = 5 and b = 8.
  15. Evaluate −7a + b when a = −2 and b = −10.
  16. Evaluate −15a + 3b when a = 10 and b = 11.
  17. Evaluate 5a − 20b when a = 7 and b = 2.
  18. Evaluate −19a + 16b when a = 3 and b = −15.
  19. Evaluate −7a + 5b when a = 10 and b = 14.
  20. Evaluate 8a + 18b when a = 12 and b = −1.
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Answer key: Evaluate expressions with two variables

  1. -40
  2. 0
  3. -8
  4. -37
  5. -32
  6. -14
  7. -65
  8. -36
  9. -9
  10. -68
  11. -45
  12. -32
  13. -22
  14. 47
  15. 4
  16. -117
  17. -5
  18. -297
  19. 0
  20. 78