Chapter – 12 - Algebraic Expressions
NCERT Exercise 12.1
Question 1: Get the algebraic expressions in the following cases using variables, constants and arithmetic operations:
(i) Subtraction of z from y .
(ii) One-half of the sum of numbers x and y .
(iii) The number z multiplied by itself.
(iv) One-fourth of the product of numbers p and q .
(v) Numbers x and y both squared and added.
(vi) Number 5 added to three times the product of m and n .
(vii) Product of numbers y and z subtracted from 10.
(viii) Sum of numbers a and b subtracted from their product.
Answer:
(i) y - z
(ii)
(x+y)
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2
(iii) z²
(iv) pq
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4
(v) x² + y²
(vi) 3mn + 5
(vii) 10 - yz
(viii) ab - ( a + b )