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SUMMATIVE TEST MATH 10

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I. Give what is asked.

1. Which of the following is a polynomial?


i. 4x3 + 9x – 5x2 + 7
ii. 2x-5 + x-2 + x-3 + 2x + 5
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iii.
x 2+3 x+ 2

2. The leading coefficient of the polynomial 5x10 + 4x12 + 4x6 + x4 – x is

3. What is the quotient when x2 – 25 is divided by x – 5?

4. Find the remainder when (x9 + 2x8 + 3x7 +…+ 9x) is divided by (x – 1).

5. What is the remainder when (5x100 + 5) is divided by (x – 1)?

6. The remainder after dividing (–10x3 + 5x2 + K) by (x + 1) is 4. What is the value of K?

7. Is 3x3 + 4x2 – 8x – 3 divisible by (3x + 1)? Explain.

8. Which polynomial gives a quotient of (3x2 + 2x + 4) and a remainder of 19 when divided by (2x – 3)?
A. 6x3 – 5x2 + 2x C. 6x3 – 5x2 + 2x + 7
3 2
B. 6x – 5x + 4x + 7 D. 6x3 + 5x2 + 2x +7

9. What is the quotient when (2x4 + 4x3 – 5x2 + 2x – 3) is divided by (2x2 + 1)?

10. Find the value of k so that (x + 2) is a factor of 3x3 + kx2 + 5x – 27.

11. Find k so that (x – 2) is a factor of x3 + kx – 4.

12. If (7x4 – 5x5 – 7x3 + 2x – 3) is divided by (x + 3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first row
would be:

13. Given P(x) = 2x3 + 3x2 – 5x – 12. What is the value of P(3)?

14. Find a cubic polynomial equation with roots –2, 2 and 4.

15. Gabriel used synthetic division to find the quotient if (5x – 16x + 4x – 3) is divided by (x – 2). He
2 3

obtained –19 as remainder. His solution is shown below.


2 5 –16 4 –3
10 –12 –16
5 –6 –8 –19

What is the error?


i. The sign of the divisor was not changed.
ii. The terms of the polynomial were not arranged according to decreasing powers of x.
iii. The sum entries in the third row are incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients of the first row were not properly written.

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