IP EMaths Notes (Upper Sec, Year 3-4): 01) Algebraic Tools
08 Nov 2025, 00:00 Z
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Q: What does IP EMaths Notes (Upper Sec, Year 3-4): 01) Algebraic Tools cover?
A: Core expansion, factorisation, and simplification identities that power the rest of IP Elementary Mathematics.
Keep algebra tidy so every later topic - graphs, trigonometry, variation - stays manageable. These identities should come out automatically.
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These notes align with SEAB GCE O-Level Mathematics (4052) content used in IP programmes (exams from 2026).
Status: SEAB O-Level Mathematics 4052 syllabus (exams from 2026) checked 2025-11-30 - scope unchanged; remains the reference for these notes.
Key skills to lock in
- Apply the distributive law: .
- Recognise perfect-square and difference-of-squares patterns, e.g.
