GCSE Maths Practice: expanding-brackets

Question 7 of 11

This question introduces a bracket with a coefficient on x.

\( \begin{array}{l}\textbf{Expand and simplify:} \\ (2x + 1)(x + 3)\end{array} \)

Choose one option:

Always check the sum of the x-terms after multiplying.

Multiply each term carefully: 2x·x, 2x·3, 1·x, 1·3, then sum like terms.