simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions (including those involving surdsand algebraic fractions) by:
collecting like terms
multiplying a single term over a bracket
taking out common factors
expanding products of twoor morebinomials
factorising quadratic expressions of the form x^2 + bx + c, including the difference of two squares; factorising quadratic expressions of the form ax^2 + bx + c
simplifying expressions involving sums, products and powers, including the laws of indices