We have below bronze, silver and gold tutorials for The Expansion of Brackets in the Expressions & Formulae unit of National 5 Mathematics. Bronze tutorials are typically unit assessment standard with the silver tutorials providing typical "exam type" questions as examples. If you can manage these you should try our more advanced gold tutorials containing the more unpleasant "exam type" questions. Typically as you work through the modules, the difficulty of the skills increase by one step ensuring smooth progression. Simply click on the video to play it and pause it at the relevant points for you to attempt the questions. Each tutorial has a corresponding worksheet for you to download if additional practice is required. Make sure you have a pen and paper handy! Once you've mastered the skills, why not try the Pastpaper questions at the bottom of the page?

These are the skills that you should already have mastered with BEFORE you begin studying this National 5 module. If you are unsure, watch the videos and try some questions.

• Adding negatives (MNU 304a)              Bronze          Silver          Gold
• Subtracting negatives (MNU 304a)       Bronze          Silver          Gold
• Multiplying negatives (MNU 304a)        Bronze          Silver          Gold
• Dividing negatives (MNU 304a)            Bronze          Silver          Gold
• Gathering like terms (MTH 314a)         Bronze          Silver          Gold

This bronze module revises single brackets from 4th Level Maths and introduces basic double and triple brackets.

VIDEO 16: Outcome 1 - Single brackets. Grab a pen and your Rigour jotter. Make sure you try all the questions! 

If you feel you have mastered these skills why not try this short quiz under exam conditions? You will be provided with instant feedback so be sure to view it. Remember to re-do any video lessons (or use the worksheet) for any questions you answered incorrectly. Once you have completed the quiz, record the score in your profile and move onto silver level!

Moving onto the silver module means we assume you have a solid grasp of negative numbers from 3rd Level Numeracy. Good luck!

VIDEO 19: Outcome 1 - Single brackets. Grab a pen and your Rigour jotter. Make sure you try all the questions! 

If you feel you have mastered these skills why not try this short quiz under exam conditions? You will be provided with instant feedback so be sure to view it. Remember to re-do any video lessons (or use the worksheet) for any questions you answered incorrectly. Once you have completed the quiz, record the score in your profile and move onto gold level!

Our gold module tests your knowledge of the double negative rule and throws in extra coefficients to make things slightly more awkward!

VIDEO 22: Outcome 1 - Single brackets. Grab a pen and your Rigour jotter. Make sure you try all the questions! 

If you feel you have mastered these skills why not try this short quiz under exam conditions? You will be provided with instant feedback so be sure to view it. Remember to re-do any video lessons (or use the worksheet) for any questions you answered incorrectly. Once you have completed the quiz, record the score in your profile and move onto the past paper questions!

Once you have mastered the skills, why not try the pastpaper questions? Click on each question to play the video. Pause it when prompted to do so and have a go yourself first. When you've finished check the solution. You should aim to complete these questions more than once at various stages throughout the year. If you feel that you need more practice at that particular question go to the practice area suggested in the video...good luck!

You have completed this module - well done! Remember to go back and redo any areas of weakness, that's how we improve. If you are happy with all areas, go back to the main menu and pick another topic to practice!