Chapter 2 Polynomials

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a monomial?

A. a  b B. a + b C. a  b D. a  (b)

2.Which of the following is a monomial / are monomials?

I. n2 II. mn 2 III. m + n 2
A. II only
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I, II and III
3.Which of the following is not a monomial?
2 2 ac
A. abc B. ac C. ab c D. b

4.Which of the following monomials has a degree of 3?

A. abc B. a2b3 C. bc 3 D. a3b3c3

5.Arrange the following monomials in descending order of their degrees.

I. 48 II. a4b8 III. 8a 2 b 8
A. I, II, III
B. I, III, II
C. II, III, I
D. III, I, II

6.Which of the following is a trinomial?

A. 3xyz B. 3x 3  3 C. 3 y 3  3xy 2 D. 6 xy 2  2 xy  3

7.The constant term of the polynomial 6 x 3 y 3  5x 2 y  4 xy  10 is

A. 10. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.

8.The degree of the polynomial 5a 3  6ab4  8a 3b 4  1 is

A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 12.

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9. The degree of the polynomial 8x 3 + 6x 2  x 4 is

A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 6.

10. Arrange 1  x 3  x 2  6 x  5x 4 in descending powers of x.

A. 1  6 x  x 2  x3  5x 4 B. 5x 4  6 x  x3  x 2  1

C. 5x 4  x 3  x 2  6 x  1 D. 6 x  5x 4  x3  x 2  1

11. Which of the following is arranged in descending powers of c?

A. c 4 + 6c  c 5 B. 6c 4  4c 2 + 6
C. 5c 3  c 2 + c 5 D. 7 + c 2  3c 3

12. Which of the following polynomials has the same number of terms as its degree?
A. a 3 + b B. a2b  b C. 25a 2 + b D. a 2 c + bc

13. Simplify (2y + 2x) + (2y  2x).

A. 0 B. 2x C. 2y D. 4x + 4y

14. Simplify (7a 2 + 8a)  (5a 2 + 3a).

A. 2a 2  5a B. 2a 2 + 5a C. 12a 2  11a D. 12a 2 + 11a

15. Simplify (ac + d 2 )  (ac  d 2 ).

A. 2d 2 B. ac  d 2 C. 2ac  2d 2 D. 2ac  2d 2

16. Simplify (3c 2  2c)  (c 2  7c  4) .

A. 3c 2  9c  4 B. 4c 2  9c  4 C. 4c 2  7c  6 D. 4c 2  7c  4

17. Simplify (2 + k 2 + 2k) + (6  3k + 2k 2 ).

A. 8  2k  4k 2 B. 8  k  3k 2 C. 3k 2  k  8 D. 4k 2  2k  8

18. Simplify (3x 2  x  1)  ( x 2  2 x  2) .

A. x2  4x  1 B.  x 2  3x  3 C. x 2  4x  3 D. 4 x 2  x  3
19. Simplify (6t  3t 2 + 7)  (7  2t  2t 2 ).

A. t 2  8t B. 5t 2  8t C. t 2  8t D. 5t 2  8t

20. Simplify (7m 2 n  8mn 2 + 6mn) + (3mn + mn 2  m 2 n).

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A. 8m2 n  9mn  7mn2 B. 8m 2 n  9mn  7mn2

C. 6m 2 n  9mn  7mn2 D. 6m 2 n  9mn  7mn2

21. Simplify (g 2 + 2g) + (3g  2g 2 )  (6g 2 + 4g).

A. 2 g 2  4 g B. 2g 2  4g C. 7 g 2  g D. 7g 2  g

22. Simplify (9a  3a 2 ) + (6a  5a 2 ) + (3a + 2a 2 ).

A. 9a  8a 2 B. 20a  8a 2 C. 8a 2 + 18a D. 6a 2 + 18a

23. Expand ( f )( f  3) .

A. 4f B. 2f 3 C. f 2 3 D. f 2
3f

2a 2
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A. 16a 2  2a B. 16a 2  2a 3 C. 16a 4  2a 3 D. 16a 4  2a

25. Expand (e 2  e  1)(2e).

A. 2e3  2e 2  2e B. 2e3  2e 2  2e

C. 2e 3  2e 2  2e D. 2e 3  2e 2  2e

26. Expand 4s(s 2 + 2s + 6).

A. 4s 3  2s 2  6 B. 4s 3  8s 2  24s

C. 4s 3  2s 2  6s D. 4s 3  8s 2  24s

27. Expand (x  4)(x  2).

A. x 2  2x  8 B. x 2  2x  8

C. x 2  6x  8 D. x 2  6x  8

28. Expand (3 f  2)(2  4 f ) .

A. 12 f 2  14 f  4 B. 12 f 2  14 f  4

C. 12 f 2  2 f  4 D. 12 f 2  2 f  4

29. Expand ( p  1)( p 2  1) .

A. p3  p 1 B. p3  p 2 1 C. p3  p 2  p 1 D. p3  p 2  p  1

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30. Expand (3a  1)(3a 2  2a  1) .

A. 9a 3  9a 2  a  1 B. 9a 3  9a 2  5a  1
C. 9a 3  3a 2  3a  1 D. 9a 3  3a 2  5a  1

31. Expand (1  2d ) 2 (d  3) .
A. 4d 3 + 12d 3  d + 3 B. 4d 3  12d 3 + d  3
C. 4d 3 + 16d 2 + 13d  3 D. 4d 3  16d 2 + 13d  3

32. Expand (3 y  1)(2  y)(5 y  2) .

A. 40 y 2  2 y  4 B. 15y 3  21y 2  4

C. 15y 3  31y 2  4 D. 15y 3  31y 2  24 y  4

33. After expanding (3x  3)(4x + 5), what is the constant term?
A. 5 B. 15 C. 3 D. 15

34. Simplify (4 x  3)(6  x)  x( x  2) .

A. 2 x 2  19x  18 B. 4 x 2  19x  18

C. 5x 2  29x  18 D. 5x 2  27x  16

Level 1
1. Write down the number of terms in each of the following polynomials.
(a) 4x 2  1 (b) 9 x 3  4 x  2 x 2  9 (c) 8x 3 y  4 xy 2  3 y  2 x  1

2.For each of the following polynomials, write down the coefficient of x 3 and the constant term.
(a) 3x 4  3x 3  16 (b) 24x 4  x 3  4 x  3 (c) 9 x 3  x 2

3.Write down the degree of each of the following polynomials.

(a) 4x  6 (b) 5 x 2  9 x 7  3x 4  x  7 (c) 15xy  x  6

4.Write down the following according to the polynomial 9 x 3  2 xy  7 x 2 y 2  6 .

(a) The number of terms (b) The coefficient of x 3 (c) The coefficient of xy
(d) The coefficient of x 2 y 2 (e) The constant term (f) The degree

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5. Arrange the polynomial 3x  7  2 x 4  5x 2

(a) in ascending powers of x. (b) in descending powers of x.

6. Arrange the polynomial 3  6 x 4  3x 2  8x 3

(a) in ascending powers of x. (b) in descending powers of x.

7. Simplify the following.

(a) 4y  7 (b) 4 a  7b
) 2y  5 ) 3a  2b

8. Simplify the following.

(a) (3y + 5) + (8y  7) (b) (a 2  4a  7)  (5a 2  6a  14)

9. Simplify the following.

(a) ( 2 x 2  x  7)  (2 x 2  7 x  2) (b) (7  5n 2 )  (n  1  5n 2 )

10. Find the sum of x 2  6 xy  y 2 and 3x 2  4 xy  2 y 2 .

11. Expand the following.

(a) 5( x  1) (b) ( x  4)(x) (c) 5 x 2 (2 x  1) (d) 2 x 2 (5  x)

12. Expand (7 x 2  5)(4 x 2 ) .

13. Expand (2 x 3  6 x  7) x .
14. Expand (4 x 2  2 x  7)(3x) .
15. Expand (7 x  2 y)(5x  y) .
16. Find the product of x 2  2 x  1 and 4 x  3 .
17. Find the product of 5 y  1  2 y 2 and y  3 .
18. Expand ( x  y)(x 2  xy  y 2 ) .
19. Expand (4 x  1) 2 .
20. Expand (3  x) 2 .
21. Expand (3x  2) 2 .

Level 2
22. Simplify the following.
(a) (2mn  m)  (5mn  7m) (b) (7 xy  2 x 2 )  (4 xy  x 2 )

23. Simplify the following.

(a) (3h 3 k 2  4hk  2h 2 k )  (2hk  4h 2 k  2h 3 k 2 )
(b) (5x 4  2 x 2  x  7)  (2 x 3  x 2  5)

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24. Simplify (5x 3  7 x 2  8  2 x)  3( x 3  3x 2  x  1) .

1 1 1 2
25. Simplify (2 y 3  4 y  3)  ( y 3  y  3 y 2 )  ( y 3  y) .
3 3 3 3
26. Expand ( x 2  3x  1)(x  2) .
27. Expand (3a  2b)(a 2  b  1) .

28. Expand (a 2  2a  4)(2a 2  3a  1) .

29. Expand (2a 2  3a  5)(1  5a  3a 2 ) .
30. Expand (a  1)(a  2)(a  3) .
31. Expand (2a  1)(a  1)(3a  5) .
32. (a) Expand (a  b)(a  b) .
(b) Hence, find the values of the following without using a calculator.
(i) 912  9 2 (ii) 4562  4552
33. (a) Expand ( x  y)(x 2  xy  y 2 ) .
(b) Hence, find the value of 6 3  2 3 without using a calculator.
34. (a) Expand ( x  y)(x  y)(x 2  y 2 ) .
(b) Hence, find the value of 6 4  2 4 without using a calculator.

Level 3
35. The figure shows a piece of rectangular card with a length of 25 cm and a width of 20 cm. A
small square with sides of x cm each is cut from each corner of the card. Then, the card is
folded along the dotted lines to form a rectangular container.
x cm

x cm

20 cm

25 cm

(a) Express, in terms of x, the length, width and height of the rectangular container.
(b) Express, in terms of x, the capacity of the rectangular container.

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