Worksheet 1

Ch. 2 Polynomials
Grade: X 2024 – 25 Subject: Mathematics
Name of Student: Submission Date:
1) Verify that 2 is a zero of the polynomial, x 3  4 x 2  3x  18 .
2) Find the value of a, if 1 is a zero of the polynomial � � = ��2 − 3 � − 1 − 1.
3) Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (-3) and 4.
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4) Find a quadratic polynomial the sum and product of whose zeroes are 2 and 2 respectively.
5) Find the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  2 x  195 .
6) Find the zeroes of the polynomial �2 − 2� − 8.
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7) Find the zeroes of the polynomial y  92 y  1920 .
8) Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 0 and 5 respectively.
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9) Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are & . Also verify the relation between the
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coefficients and the zeroes of the polynomial.
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10) Find the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  x  2 and verify the relation between the coefficients
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and zeroes of the polynomial.
11) Find the quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 4 and 1, respectively.
12) Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4 3�2 + 5� − 2 3 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
13) Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4u2 + 8u and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
14) Find the quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 2 and 3
respectively.
15) Find the zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 3 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the
coefficients.
16) If one of the zeroes of the polynomial �2 − 4� + 1 is (2 + 3), find the other zero.
17) If �, � are the zeroes of 2�2 + 3� − 6 , find the values of :
1 1 � �
(i) �2 + �2 (ii) � + � (iii) � + � (iv) � − � (v) �3 + �3
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18) Find the zeroes of � � = 7�3 − 3
� − 3.
19) If �, � are the zeroes of �2 − 5� + � such that � − � = 1, find the value of k.
20) If the difference between the zeroes of � � = (4�2 − 8�� + 9) is 4, and � > 0, find the value
of k?

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 Worksheet 2
Ch. 2 Polynomials
Grade: X 2024 – 25 Subject: Mathematics
Name of Student: Submission Date:
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1) If � and � are the zeroes of the polynomial � + 6� + 9, then form a polynomial whose
zeroes are ( − �) and −� .
3) If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k  1) x 2  kx  1 is ( − 3), then find the
value of k.
4) If the product of the zeroes of the polynomial ��2 − 6� − 6 is 4, find the value of a.
Find the sum of zeroes of the polynomial.
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5) If (� − 2) and � − 2 are the factors of the polynomials��2 + 5� + � then prove that � = �.
6) If the zeroes of the polynomial are 3x2 − 5x + 2 are (� + �) and (� − �), find a and b.
7) If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  8x  k such that  2   2  40, then find k?
8) If a and b are the zeros of the given quadratic polynomial� � = 5�2 − 7� + 1, find
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the value of � + � .
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9) If �, � are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial �(�) = �2 − 5x + 4, find value of �
+ − 2��.
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10) If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial 2 y 2  7 y  5 , then find the value of      .
11) Case Study Based Question:
Prachi was playing with a slinky spring dog toy and asked her brother Roshesh, what is the shape thus
formed. Roshesh explained that the shape formed is a parabola. He also explained that a parabola is the
graphical representation of a quadratic polynomial. Based on the above information, answer the
following questions:
(i) The general form of polynomial representing the parabolic
graph is ___________.
(A) ��2 + � where � ≠ 0
(B) ��2 + �� + � where � ≠ 0
(C) ��2 + �� + � where �, �, � ≠ 0
(D) ��2 + �� + � where � ≠ 0
(ii) Kavita drew a parabola passing through −4, 3 , −1, 0 ,
1, 8 , 0, 3 , ( − 3, 0) and −2, − 1 on a graph paper. Then the zeroes of the polynomial
representing the graph is _______.
(A) 3 and (-3) (B) (-1) and (-2) (C) (-3) and (-1) (D) 1 and 8.
(iii) ____________ is the correct statement for a quadratic polynomial.
(A) parabola intersects the X-axis at maximum two points.
(B) parabola intersects the X-axis at only one point.
(C) parabola intersects the X-axis at exactly two points.
(D) parabola intersects the X-axis at least at two points.
(iv) The product of the roots of the polynomial 5�(� − 6) is _________.
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(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 0
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(v) The sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial �� + �� + �; � ≠ 0 is ________.
� � −� −�
(A) � (B) � (C) � (D) �

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