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TOPIC – POLYNOMIAL
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Polynomial Day 1

Very Short Answer Type Questions.

1. Write the expression which represents polynomial.
2. What is the degree of a zero polynomial?
3. Name the degree of the polynomial 3x + 2.
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4. What is x + 2 ?

5. Write an example of a constant polynomial.

6. Name the polynomial containing two non-zero terms.
7. What is the degree of polynomial√ 3?
8. What is the degree of the polynomial (x3 + 5) (4  x5)?
9. What is the zero of the zero polynomial?
10. Write the number of zeroes in a cubic polynomial.

Day 2
11. Find p(0) if p(y) = y  y + 1.
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12. Write any polynomial in one variable.

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13. In the expression x2 + 2 x  7, what is the co-efficient of x?

14. If 4 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = x 2 + 11x + k, then calculate the value
of k.
15. Write the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x (X  2) (x  3).
16. If p(x) = x2  3x + 2, then what is the value of p(0) + p(2)?
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Short Answer Type Questions-I
1. Classify the following as linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials:
(i) x2 + x (ii) x  x3 (iii) 1 + x (iv) 7x3
2. Find the value of the polynomial p(x) = x3  3x2  2x + 6 at x = √ 2.
3. If y = 2 and y = 0 are the zeroes of the polynomial f(y) = 2y 3  5y2 + ay + b
find the value of a and b.

Short Answer Type Questions-II

1. If f(x) = 3x + 5, evaluate f(7)  f(5).

Day 3
2. Find the value of the polynomial x  3x + 6 at
2

(i) x = √ 2 (ii) x = 3
3. If f (x) = x4  4x3 + 3x2  2x + 1, then find whether f (0) × f (1) = f (2).
4. If f (x) = x3  3x2 + 3x  4, find f (2) + f (2) + f (0).
5. If f (x) = 5x2  4x + 5, find f (1) + f (1) + f (0).

Long Answer Type Questions:

1. If f (x) = x2  5x + 7, evaluate f (2)  f (1) + f 3 .(1)

2. If p (x) = x3 + 3x2  2x + 4, then find the value of p (2) + p (2)  p (0).

Factor Theorem
Very Short Answer Type Questions:
1. Factorize: x2  3x.
2. Factorize: 12a2b  6ab2.

3. If f(x) be a polynomial such that f ( −13 ) = 0, then calculate one factor of f(x).
4. Find the value of m, if x + 4 is a factor of the polynomial x2 + 3x + m.
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5. Find the value of k, if x  2 is a factor of p(x) = 2x2 + 3x  k.

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6. Find the value of k, if 2x  1 is a factor of the polynomial 6x2 + kx  2.
7. Write the factors of a7 + ab6.
8. Factorize: 20x2  9x + 1.

Day 4
9. Factorize: 6  x + x2.
10. Factorize: 8y3  125x3.
11. Write the factors of a3  1.
12. Write the factors of polynomial 4x2 + y2 +4xy + 8x + y + 4.
13. Write the factors of the polynomial: x2 + 5√ 2 x + 12.
14. Write one factor of (x+1)3  (x + 1).
Short Answer Type Questions – I
1. Find the value of k, so that polynomial x3 + 3x2  kx  3 has one factor as x +
3.
2. Find the value of k, if x  2 is a factor of p(x) = x2 + kx + 2k.
3. Find the value of ‘a’ for which (x  1) is a factor of the polynomial a 2x2  4ac
+ 4a  1.
4. For what value of k, (x + 1) is a factor of p(x) = kx2  x  4?

Day 5

5. Show that (x  1) is a factor of the polynomial f(x) = 2x3  3x2 + 7x  6.

6. For what value of k, is the polynomial p(x) = 2x 3  kx2 + 3x + 10 exactly
divisible by (x + 2)?
7. Find the value of ‘k’ if (x  1) is a factor of p(x) = 2x2 + kx + √ 2.

Short Answer Type Questions – II

1. Factorize: x3  3x3  9x  5.
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2. If x  a is the factor of 3x2  mx  nx, then prove that a = 3 .
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3. Find the value of a for which (x  a) is a factor of the polynomial x 6  ax5 + x4
 ax3 + 3x  a + 2.
4. If (3x  2) is a factor of 3x3 + x2  20x + 12, find other factors.

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5. If (x  2) and x− 2 are factors of px2 + 5x + r, then show that p = r.

Long Answer Type Questions:

1. Using factor theorem, show that (m  n), (n  p) and (p  m) are factors of
m(n2  p2) + n(p2  m2) + p(m2  n2).
2. Factorize: 9x3  3x2  5x  1.
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3. Factorize: x3  3x2  9x  5.
4. Factorize: x3  2x2  5x  6.
5. Factorize: x3 + 13x2 + 32x + 20.
6. Factorize: 2x3  9x2 + x + 12.
7. Using factor theorem, factorize x3  2x2  5x + 6.
8. Factorize: x3  12x2 + 47x  60
9. State factor theorem. Using factor theorem, factorise x3  3x2  x + 3.
10. Verify if 2 and 3 are zeroes of the polynomial 2x3  3x2  11x + 6. If yes,
factorise the polynomials.
11. Verify if 1 and 3 are zeroes of the polynomial 3x3 + 5x2  11x + 3. If yes,
then factorise the polynomial.
12. Verify that (x  1), (x  2) and (2x + 1) are the factors of the polynomial 2x3 
5x2 + x + 2.
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13. Using long division method, show that the polynomial p(x) = x 3 + 1 is
divisible by q(x) = x + 1. Verify result using factor theorem.
14. Show by long division method that x  3 is a factor of 2x4 + 3x3  26x2  5x +
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15. Show by long division that 2x + 3 is a factor of p(x) = 4x4+ 8x3 + 5x2 + x 3.
16. Using factor theorem, find the value of ‘a’ if 2x 4  ax3 + 4x2  x + 2 is
divisible by 2x + 1.
17. Find the value of p for which the polynomial x 3 + 4x2  px + 8 is exactly
divisible by x  2. Hence factorize the polynomial.
18. If x + 4 is a factor of the polynomial x3  x2  14x + 24 find its other factors.
19. Without actual division, show that f(x) = 2x 4  6x3 + 3x3 + 3x  2 is exactly
divisible by x2  3x + 2.
20. If 2x3 + ax2 + bx  6 has (x  1) as a factor and leaves a remainder 2 when
divided by x  2, find the relation between a and b.
21. If x + a is a factor of the polynomial x 2 + px + q and x2 + mx + n, prove that
n−q
a = m− p .

22. If the polynomial 2x3 + ax2 + 7x  6 is exactly divisible by 2x  1, then find

the value of a. Hence factorize the polynomial.

Day 8

23. Factorize: 2x4 + x3  14x2  19x  6.

24. Find the values of a and b, if x2  4 is factor of ax4 + 2x3  3x2 + bx  4 and
hence factorize it completely.

Algebraic Identities
Very Short Answer Type Questions:
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1. Using appropriate identify, factorize 4x2  .
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2. Simplify: x + 2 x + 2 .
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3. Write the co-efficient of x2 in the expansion of (x  2)3.

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4. If (a + b + c) = 0, then write the equivalent of a3 + b3 + c3.

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5. If x + x = 4, then calculate the value of x2 + 2 .
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6. If y + x = 1, (x ≠ y, y ≠ 0 x ≠ 0), then what is the value of x3 

x y

y3.
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83 +17
7. Calculate the value of 2 2.
83 83× 17+17

Short Answer Type Questions – I

1. Find the value of the polynomial x2  9, for x = 97.

Day 9
2. Evaluate: 249 × 251 by using an identity.
3. Expand by using identify (2x  y + z)2.
4. Expand using suitable identity (2x  3y + z)2.

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5. Expand 4 − 2 +1 using identify.

6. Give possible expression for the length and breadth of a rectangle whose area
is given by 25a2  35a + 12.

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7. Expand: 3 x− 3 y

8. Using suitable identity evaluate (103)3.

9. If x and y are two positive real numbers such that x 2 + 4y2 = 17 and xy = 2,
the find the value of (x + 2y).
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10. Simplify: x + x ( ) ( x− 1x ) ( x + x1 ) ( x + x1 )
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11. Find the value of x2 + 2 , if x  x =√ 3.
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a b c
12. If a, b, c are all non-zero and a + b + c = 0, prove + + = 3.
bc ac b
13. Factorize: 12(x2 + 7)2  8(x2 + 7) (2x  1)  15 (2x 1)2.
14. Without actually calculating the cubes. Evaluate 14 3 + 133  273.
15. Find the value of 8x3 + 27y3, if 2x + 3y = 8 and xy = 2.
16. If a = 3 + b, then what is he value of a3  b3  9ab.
17. Factorize: m (m  1)  n (n  1)
18. Factorize: 9x2 + 6xy + y2
19. Factorize: 8a3 + 8b3
20. Factorize: 8x3  (2x  y)3
21. Factorize: x4  y4.

Day 11

22. Factorize: 64x3 + √ 125y3

23. Factorize: x4  125xy3.
24. Factorize: 2y3 + y2  2y  1.
25. Factorize: 8  27a3  36a + 54a2.
26. Factorize: 64a3  27b3  144a2b + 108ab2

Short Answer Type Questions – II

1. Factorize: 3  12(a  b)2.
2. Factorize: a6  b6
3. Factorize: a7 + ab6
4. Factorize: 250x3  432y3.
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5. Factorize: p3q3 + 729 .

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6. Factorize: (i) x2 + 2 + 2  2x  , (ii) x4  y4.
x x

7. Factorize: (x  y)2  7 (x2  y2) + 12(x + y)2

8. Factorize: (x2  4x) (x2  4x  1)  20.
9. Factorize: 9x2 + y2 + x2  6xy + 2yz  6xz. Hence, find its value when x = 1, y
= 2 and z = 1.
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10. Factorize: 27p3  216  2 p2 + 4 p.

11. Factorize: 125x3  27y3 + z3 + 45xyz.

12. If x + y + z = 0, show that x3 + y3 + z3 = 3xyz.
13. Using a suitable identity, find, (98)3.
14. Evaluate 1113, using a suitable identity.
15. Evaluate: (√ 2 + √ 3)2 + (√ 5  √ 2)2.

Day 13
16. Simplify: (2a + 3b)  (2a  3b)
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17. If x2 + 3
2 = 7, Find the value of x + 3 , taking only the positive value of x +
x x
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x
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18. If x2 + 3
2 = 98, then find value of x + 3.
x x
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19. If z2 + 3
2 = 14, Find the value z + 3 taking only positive value of z +
z
.
z z

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3 3
x y x y
20. Simplify: +  − .
3 5 3 5
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21. If a2 + b2 + c2 = 280 and ab + bc + ca = 2 , then find the value of (a + b + c)3.

22. Simplify: (3a  2b) (9a2 + 6ab + ab2)  (2a + 3b) (4a2  6ab + 9b2)
23. If x + y + 4 = 0, then find the value of x3 + y3  12xy + 64.
24. Find the value of x3 + y3 + 15xy  125, when x + y = 5.
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( a2−b2 ) + ( b 2−c 2 ) + ( c 2−a2 )
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25. Simplify:
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√ 3+ √ 2 √3−√ 2
26. If x = and y = , find the value of x2  y2 + xy, if √ 6 = 2∙4.
√3−√ 2 √ 3+ √ 2
27. Simplify: (a + 2b + 3c)2  (a  2b  3c)2  6b2  bc.
28. Find the value of ab + bc + ca, if a + b + c = 9 and a2 + b2 + c2 = 35.
29. Find the product: (x + y + 2z) (x2 + y2 + 4z2  xy  2yz  2zx).
30. Find the value of (x  a)3 + (x  b)3 + (x  c)3  3(x  a) (x  b) (x  c), if a + b
+ c = 3x.

Long Answer Type Questions:

1. Evaluate (by using identities)
(i) 103 × 107
(ii) (102)3
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2. If x + x = 5, evaluate x2 + 2 .
x
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3. If x + x = 5√ 3, evaluate x3 + 3 .
x
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4. If x  x = 2, find x4 + 4 .
x
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5. If x2 + 3
2 = 7, find the value of x + 3.
x x

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6. Prove that (a  b ) + (b  c ) + (c  a ) = 3(a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (a  b) (b 
2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3

c) (c  a)
7. Prove that 2x3 + 2y3 + 2z3  6xyz = (x + y + z) [(x  y)2 + (y  z)2 + (z  x)2].
8. Simplify: (a + b)3 + (a  b)3 + 6a(a2  b2).
9. Find the value of x3  8y3  36xy  216, when x = 2y + 6.
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10. Prove that x3 + y3 + z3  3xyz = 2 (x + y + z) [(x  y)2 + (y  z)2 + (z  x)2]
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11. If a + b + c = 6 and ab + bc + ca = 11, find the value of a3 + b3 + c3  3abc.

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12. Find the value p3  q3, if p  q = 9 and pq = 3 .

13. If x + y + z = 10 and x 2 + y2 + z2 = 40. Find xy + yz + zx and x 3 + y3 + z3 

3xyz.
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14. If a = 5 + 2 √ 6 and b = a , then what will be the value of a2 + b2 and a3 + b3.

15. Prove that: (x + y)3 + (y + z)3 + (z + x)3  3(x + y) (y + z) (z + x) = 2 (x 3 + y3

+ z3  3xyz).
Day 16

16. If x and y are two positive real numbers such that 8x 3 + 27y3 = 730 and 2x2y
+ 3xy2 = 15, then evaluate 2x + 3y.
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17. ab + bc + ca = 0, find the value of 2 + 2 + 2 .
a −bc b −ca c + ac
18. Verify x3  y3 = (x  y) (x2 + y2 + xy). Hence factorise 216x3  125y3.
19. Factorize: (i) 4a2  9b2  2a  3b
(ii) a2 + b2  2 (ab  ac + bc).
20. Factorize completely: x8  y8.
21. Factorize: (p + q)2  20 (p + q)  125
22. Factorize: (a2  2a)2  23(a2  2a) + 120.
23. Factorize: (x2  3x)2  8(x2  3x)  20.
24. Simplify and factorize (a + b + c)2  (a  b  c)2 + 4b2  4c2.
25. Factorize: (m + 2n)2 + 101 (m + 2n) + 100
26. Factorize: 125a3  27b3 + 75a2b  45ab2
27. Factorize: x4 + 2x3y  2xy3  y4.
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28. Factorize: 64 x3  8y3 + 16 x2y  2 xy2.
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