CHAPTER 3

DIVISION OF POLYNOMIALS BY A MONOMIAL

Name: _________________________________________________________ Score: ________
Instructions:
Draw a line segment connecting the answers to form the constellation of a Capricornus(it
is often called Capricorn. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goathorn", and it is commonly
represented in the form of a sea-goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish).
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(21x2 - 14x) 7x
(30x2 + 20x + 15) 5
(18x2y3 + 12x4y2) (-6x)
(a3b2+ 2a4b - 5a2b2) ab
(8x3y2z - 12x4 yz2 ) (-4xyz)
(12x3 + 30x2 + 12x) 6x

7. (14x4 + 21x3 + 49x2) 7x

8. (15x3 + 20x2 + 5x) -5
9. (60x12 + 60x11 + 30x+) 30x8
10. (26x5 +169x4) 13x3
11. (77x11 + 33x10 + 99x6) 11x3
12. (-30x2 - 20x - 15) -5

What a Capricornus looks like?

3x 2
6x2 + 4x + 3
3

-3x 4x x

2x4 + 2x3 + 1

7x8 + 3x7 + 9x3

2x2 + 13x

-3xy3 - 2x3y2

2x3 + 3x2 +7x

2x2 + 5x + 2
a2b + 2a3 - 5ab

-2x2y + 3x3z