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Expand quadratics

Stuck on expanding brackets? Enter your two brackets and we'll show you step-by-step how to expand them—with FOIL and grid method. Free, no sign-up. More help: GCSE maths revision & walkthroughs · Factorise quadratics

Expand any product of two brackets (e.g. (x+6)(x+7), (2x-1)(x+3)). Get a full maths walkthrough with step-by-step working using the FOIL method and the grid method. The reverse of this is factorising quadratics. Part of our free GCSE maths revision tools.

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Use the form (ax+b)(cx+d), e.g. (x+6)(x+7) or (2x-1)(x+3). Spaces are optional.