Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division Office I Pangasinan
DANIEL MARAMBA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Santa Barbara

ACTIVITY SHEETS IN MATHEMATICS 10

FIRST QUARTER, WEEK 6

MELC: The learner performs division of polynomials

using long division and synthetic division.
K to 12 BEC CG: M10AL - Ig - 1

Objectives:
1. Write the polynomial expressions in standard form.
2. Divide a polynomial by a binomial using long division.
3. Find the quotient of polynomial expression by synthetic division.

Prepared by:

GRADE 10 MATH TEACHERS

POLYNOMIAL EXPRESSION

Let a 0 , a1 , a2 , … , an be real numbers and let n be a nonnegative integer. A polynomial is

an expression of the form

a n x n +an−1 x n−1 + an−2 x n−2 +…+a 1 x +a0 , an ≠ 0

The polynomial is n degree; a n is the leading coefficient, a n x n is the leading term, and a 0 is
the constant. A polynomial is in standard form if it is written in descending powers of x wherein
the first term is the leading term.

EXAMPLES:
Write the following polynomials in standard form.
POLYNOMIAL STANDARD FORM
3 2 4
1. 3 x−5 x +2 x −x +1 1. −x −5 x +2 x2 +3 x +1
4 3

3 4 7
2. 2 x −5 x −5+3 x 2. 3 x 7−5 x 4 +2 x 3−5
3. 10+ x 3−x−6 x 2 +4 x5 3. 4 x5 + x 3−6 x 2−x +10

Title of the Activity 17: Write me in Standard Form

Most Essential Learning Competency: performs division of polynomials
using long division and synthetic division.
K to 12 BEC CG: M10AL - Ig - 1
Direction: Arrange the following in standard form.
POLYNOMIAL STANDARD FORM
2 4 3
1. 4 x −5 x +3 x + x −2
2. 7−3 x5 + 4 x−6 x 4 −15 x 2−10 x 3
3. 2+ x−2 x 4
4. 7 x 3−5 x 2−5+4 x
5. 6−x
6. x 2−5 x+ 7 x 3−2 x 4 +3
7. 9 x−8 x 6 +3 x 4−10
8. x 7−4+3 x−12 x3
9. 4 x3 +3 x 2−2 x 6+ 3−5 x 5
10. 8−x 3+13 x−4 x 2+ 5 x 4

DIVISION OF POLYNOMIALS

P (x) R(x )
In general, if P(x) and D(x) are polynomials with D(x)≠0, we can write =Q ( x )+ or
D( x) D( x )
P(x) = Q(x) D(x) + R(x), where R(x) is either 0 or its degree is less than the degree of D(x). If R(x) = 0,
then we say that D(x) is a factor of P(x).
A. LONG DIVISION
Steps in dividing polynomials using long division.
1. Write both divisor and dividend in standard form.
2. Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor to get the first term of the quotient.
3. Multiply the terms of the divisor by the first term of the quotient.
4. Subtract the product from the dividend.
5. Use the remainder to repeat the process in finding the second term of the quotient.
6. Continue the process until the remainder is zero or is lower degree polynomial than the divisor.
Title of the Activity 18: Long Division
Most Essential Learning Competency: performs division of polynomials
using long division and synthetic division.
K to 12 BEC CG: M10AL - Ig - 1
Direction: Divide the following using long division.
1. (2 x¿ ¿2+11 x +15)÷( x+3) ¿
2. (12 x¿¿ 2−17 x+6) ÷(3 x−2)¿
3. (3 x ¿¿ 2+ 6 x¿¿ 3+20−22 x)÷(2 x +5) ¿ ¿

4. (10 x ¿ ¿3+ 13 x 2−28 x +2)÷(5 x−1)¿

5. (13 x+ 2 x 4 −7 x 2−2−3 x 3)÷(x−2)

SYNTHETIC DIVISION
Another way of dividing polynomials is synthetic division. It is the shortcut for dividing
polynomial expressions where the divisor is in the form x – c. The important steps of long division like
multiplication and bringing down the next term are retained, however only the numerical coefficients of
the variable are used.

remainder
2 constant
x x Write the complete quotient as a polynomial
with the leading term a degree lower than
the dividend.
Title of the Activity 19: Synthetic Division
Most Essential Learning Competency: performs division of polynomials
using long division and synthetic division.
K to 12 BEC CG: M10AL - Ig - 1
Direction: Divide the following using synthetic division.

1. ( x ¿ ¿ 3+5 x2 +10 x +8)÷ ( x +2 ) ¿

2. ( 3 x 3−11 x 2+ 7 x −3 ) ÷ ( x−3 )

3. ( 2 x 4−6 x 3 +10 x 2−13 x+11 ) ÷ ( x−1 )

4. (−17 x−8−13 x 2+3 x 3 +2 x 4 ) ÷ ( x +3 )

5. ( 3 x 4−30 x + x 3 +2 4−5 x2 ) ÷ ( x−2 )

6. ( 10 x 4 +14 x 2−16 x−41 ) ÷ ( x +1 )

7. ( 3 x 4−75 x 2 +2 ) ÷ ( x−5 )