Department of Education

Region IV-A CALABARZON

Division of Rizal
RIZAL NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
WORKSHEET IN GRADE 10 MATH
Polynomials
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A. Divide the first polynomial by the second.

1. a3 – 3a2 –a + 20; a + 2 2. 2x3 - 15x2 + 11x + 10; x – 5

3. 2a3 – 13a2 – 20a + 25; a + 3 4. b6 – b5 – b + 1; b + 1

5. 3y4 – 6y3 -5y + 10; y – 2

B. Use the Remainder Theorem to determine the remainder when the first polynomial is
divided by the second.

6. x3 – 4x2 + x + 6; x -2 7. x3 – 2x2 + 75; x – 5

8. 2x3 – 5x2 – 9x – 8; x – 4 9. 3x3 – 4x2 + 5x – 6, x + 3

10. xn – 1, x - 1

C. Which of the polynomials (x + 1), (x -1), (x+ 3), and (x -4) are factors of the given
expressions?

11. x3 + x2 – 7x + 5 12. x4 – x3 + 2x2 + x – 3

13. 3x3 – 12x2 + 2x - 8

D. Factor each polynomial.

14. x3 + 2x2 – x – 2 15. x3 – 9x2 + 11x + 21

16. 2x4 + 11x3 + 21x2 + 17x + 5

E. Determine the roots of the following polynomial equations.

17. 16x4 – 40x2 + 9 = 0 18. x3 – 7x2 + 7x +15 = 0

19. 9x3 + 27x2 - x – 3 = 0 20. x4 - 12x3 + 54x2 – 108x + 81 = 0