FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
MATH REVISION WORKSHEET
TOPIC: POLYNOMIALS
CLASS: IX
1. Using factor theorem, check whether (x2-3x+2) is a factor of (x3- 6x2 + 11x - 6).
[A: Yes]
2. Find 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽, 𝑖𝑓 (𝑥 + 1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 + 2) are the factors of (x3 + 3x2 - 2𝛼𝑥 + 𝛽).
[𝑨: 𝛼 =-1, 𝛽 = 0]
3. Find the values of a and b if (x2 - 4) is a factor of (ax4+2x3-3x2+bx-4). [A: a = 1, b = -8]
4. Show that (x-1) is a factor of (xn-1) for all odd positive integers.
5. If both (x+1) and (x-1) are factors of (ax3+x2-2x+b), find the values of a and b.
[A: a = 2, b = -1]
6. If x= 0 and x= -1 are the roots of the polynomial p(x)= 2x3-3x2+ax+b, find the value of
a and b. [A: a = -5, b =
0]
7. Using factor theorem, show that (x+1) is a factor of (x19+1).
8. Find the value of a if (x-1) is a factor of 2x2 + ax + √ 2 [A: a = -2 - √ 2 ]
9. The polynomials (ax3 - 3x2 + 4) and (2x3 - 5x + a) leave remainders p and q
respectively, when divided by x - 2. If p - 2q = 4, find the value of a. [A: a = 4]
10. Find the remainder when p(x)= x3 - ax2 + 6x - a is divided by (x - a). [A: 5a]
11. If (x2 - 3x + 2) is a factor of the polynomial (x4 - ax3 + b), then find the values of a and
b.
12.If both (x + 1) and (x - 1) are factors of the polynomial (ax3 + x2 - 2x + b), then find
the values of a and b. Also find the third factor.
[A: a = 2, b = -1, Third factor: 2x + 1]
13.If both (x - 3) and (3x - 1) are factors of (ax2 + 4x + b), prove that (a - b) = 0
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14.Using remainder theorem, find the remainder when f(x)= 9x3-3x2+x-5 is divided by
2
g(x) = x - 3
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