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Summative Test in MATHEMATICS

This document contains a 15-item summative test on polynomial functions for mathematics. The test covers topics like determining the degree and leading coefficient of polynomial functions, writing polynomial functions in standard form, graphing polynomial functions, and analyzing the behavior of graphs based on properties of polynomial functions like multiplicity of roots. The test also includes word problems involving profit modeling with polynomial functions.

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Summative Test in MATHEMATICS

This document contains a 15-item summative test on polynomial functions for mathematics. The test covers topics like determining the degree and leading coefficient of polynomial functions, writing polynomial functions in standard form, graphing polynomial functions, and analyzing the behavior of graphs based on properties of polynomial functions like multiplicity of roots. The test also includes word problems involving profit modeling with polynomial functions.

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Summative Test in MATHEMATICS

Topic: Polynomial Function

Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________


Gr. and Sec.: _____________ Score: ____________

Directions: Write the letter of correct answers before each item.

___ 1. Which of the following could be the value of n in the equation f(x)= xn if f is a polynomial function?
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a. -2 b. 0 c. d. √3
4

___ 2. Which of the following isn’t a polynomial function?


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a. f(x)= 𝜋 b. f(x)= − 3 𝑥3 + 1 c. f(x)= -x + √5x3 d. f(x)= 𝑥 5 – 2x2

___ 3. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial function f(x)= x – 2x3 - 4 ?
a. -4 b. -2 c. 1 d. 3

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___ 4. How should a polynomial function f(x) = x - x2 + 11x4 + 2x3 be written in standard form?
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a. f(x) = 11x4 +2x3 + 2 x - x2 c. f(x) = 11x4+ 2x3 - x2 + x
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b. f(x) = - x2 + x + 2x3 + 11x4 d. f(x) = 2 x- x2 + 2x3 +11x4
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___ 5. Which polynomial function in factored form represents the given graph?
a. y = (2x + 3) (x - 1)2
b. y = - (2x + 3) (x - 1)2
c. y = (2x + 3)2 (x - 1)
d. y = -(2x + 3)2 (x - 1)

____ 6. Which of the following could be the graph of y= x4 – 5x2 + 4 ?

____ 7. If you will draw the graph of y = x2 (x-1), how will the graph behave at the x-axis?
a. The graph crosses both (0,0) and (1,0)
b. The graph crosses (0,0) and is tangent to the graph x-axis at (1,0)
c. The graph crosses (1,0) and is tangent to the x- axis at (0,0)
d. The graph is tangent to the x- axis at both (0,0) and (1,0)

____ 8. You are asked to graph f(x) = -x6 + x5- 5x4 – x3 + 3x2 using its properties. Which of these will be your graph?

____ 9. Given that f(x) = 7x-3n + x2, what value should be assigned to n to make f a function of degree 7?
7 3 3 7
a. − b. − c. d.
3 7 7 3
___ 10. Given a polynomial function having an even multiplicity of one root, what can you imply about the behaviour of the graph
relative to x-axis?
a. always tangent to x-axis c. always crosses the x-axis
b. sometimes tangent to x-axis d. sometimes crosses to x-axis

___ 11. Given a polynomial function having an odd multiplicity of one root, what can you imply about the behaviour of the graph
relative to x-axis?
a. always tangent to x-axis c. always crosses the x-axis
b. sometimes tangent to x-axis d. sometimes crosses to x-axis

___ 12. A car manufacturer determines that its profit, P, in thousands of pesos, can be modelled by the function
P(x)= 0.0025x4 + x – 4, where x represents the number of cars sold. What is the profit at x=150?
a. Php. 75.28 b. Php. 632,959.50 c. Php. 632,859.50 d. Php. 632,958.50

SOLUTION:

____ 13. Your friend Vincent asks your help in drawing a rough sketch of the graph of y= 2x3 – 7x2 – 7x + 12 by means of the Leading
Coefficient Test, how will you explain the behaviour of the graph?
a. The graph is falling to the left and rising to the right
b. The graph is rising both left and right
c. The graph is rising to the left and falling to the right
d. The graph is falling both left and right

____ 14. If you were to choose from 2,3 and 4, which pair of values for a and n would you consider so that y= ax n could define the
graph below?

a. a=2,n=3
b. a=3,n=2
c. a=2, n=4
d. a=3,n=3

___ 15. Andrew is tasked to choose from the numbers -2, -1, 3 and 6 to form y= ax n. What values should he assign to a and n so that
the function could define the graph?

a. a = 3 , n = -2
b. a=3,n=6
c. a=6,n=3
d. a = -1 , n = 6

BONUS QUESTION
Write the complete name of your student teacher in mathematics. (2 points)

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