Students can go through AP 8th Class Maths Notes Chapter 9 Algebraic Expressions and Identities to understand and remember the concepts easily.
Class 8 Maths Chapter 9 Notes Algebraic Expressions and Identities
→ Expressions are formed from variables and constants.
→ Terms are added to form expressions. Terms themselves are formed as product of factors.
→ Expressions that contain exactly one, two and three terms are called monomials, binomials and trinomials respectively. In general, any expression containing one or more terms with non-zero coefficients (and with variables having non-negative integers as exponents) is called a polynomial.

→ Like terms are formed from the same variables and the powers of these variables are the same, too! Coefficients of like terms need not be the same.
→ While adding (or subtracting) polynomials, first look for like terms and add (or subtract) them; then handle the unlike terms.
→ There are number of situations in which we need to multiply algebraic expressions: for example, in finding area of a rectangle, the sides of which are given as expressions.
→ A monomial multiplied by a monomial always gives a monomial.
→ While multiplying a polynomial by a monomial, we multiply every term in the polynomial by the monomial.
→ In carrying out the multiplication of a polynomial by a binomial (or trinomial), we multiply term by term, i.e., every term of the polynomial is multiplied by every term in the binomial (or trinomial). Note that in such multiplication, we may get terms in the product which are like and have to be combined.
→ An identity is an equality, which is true for all values of the variables in the equality. On the other hand, an equation is true only for certain values of its variables. An equation is not an identity.
→ The following are the standard identities:
(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2 (I)
(a – b)2 = a2 – 2ab + b2 (II)
(a + b) (a – b) = a2 – b2 (III)
→ Another useful identity is (x + a) (x + b) = x2 + (a + b) x + ab (IV)
→ The above four identities are useful in carrying out squares and products of algebraic expressions. They also allow easy alternative methods to calculate products of numbers and so on.
→ Variable : A symbol and place holder for a quantity that may change (or) A symbol, usually a letter standing in for an unknown numerical value is called a variable.
→ x, y, z …….. are examples for variables
Usually for real number unknowns x, y are used for time (t) radius (r) distance (s or d) etc., are used in general.

→ Constant : A digit which has fixed values are called constants.
Example 4, 5, – 10, – 100, etc.
Unknown constants are a, b, c, ……..
→ Term : A constant or variable or product of any of them is called term, (but no variable having negative powers, decimal powers)
for example : 4, 4x, 4xy, x2yz, 8.5 yz2, -10x, 10 – x, etc., are terms.
Note : (variables having negative integers as exponents are not terms)
but \(\frac{4}{x}\), \(\frac{x^2}{y}\), z-3 etc., are not counted as
terms because x, y (variables are in denominaters and z-3 has negative power(-3).
So not considered as terms.
→ Expression : An expression is a combination (set) of terms combined using operations +, -, x.
Ex : 2x – y ; 4x2, \(\frac{2}{3}\)x5, x4 + y3 – 3z;
4p2 + 3pq + 5q2 etc., are examples for expressions.
→ Factors and coefficient:
In the term xyz its factors are x, y, z
In the term 4x its factors are 4, x
In the term – y its factors are -1, y
Thus 7, x, y are factors of the term (7xy) numerical factors are called “numerical coefficient” or “coefficient”
→ Monomials: An expression having only one term is called Monomial.
Ex:.4x, -5x2, 7x2y3z, 10y, -9m
→ Binomial : An expression having only two terms is called Binomial.
Ex : 4x – y (4x, – y are two terms)
5x2 – 3yz2 (5x2, – 3yz2 are two terms) 15xyz2 + 3x (15xyz2, 3x)
but 4x – y2 is not a Binomial because there is only one term (4x) ; y-2 is not a term.
→ Trinomial : An expression having 3 terms is called trinomial.
Ex: x2 + y2 – z2 ; here (x2, y2, – z2 are 3 terms)
4xy – y3 – z4 ; x – 6y + 7z, xyz + y + z2 … etc
→ Polynomial: An expression having one or more than one terms is called a poly-nomial.
Ex: p + q + 2r + 3s ;
4x2y2z2 ; 2x + 3y – 17z …. etc.
→ Expressing an expression on number line :

→ (2x) on number line

→ 2x – 3

‘p’ shows 2x – 3
→ x + 5

‘p’ indicates (x + 5)
→ 4x + 4
