HKCEE & HKDSE Mathematics Past Paper MC 1990 – 2015 (In Topics)

XIII. Functions and remainder theorem

1
(90#4) If f(n) = n(n − 1), then f(n + 1) − f(n) =
2
n
A. f(1)) B. f(n) C. D. 1 E. n
2

(90#34) Let f(x) = 3x3 − 4x + k. If f(x) is divisible by x − k, find the remainder when f(x) is divided by x+k.
A. 2k B. k C. 0 D. – k E. −k − 1

1 ⎛1⎞
(91#35) If f(x) = x − , then f(x) − f ⎜ ⎟ =
x ⎝x⎠
2 ⎛ 1⎞ ⎛1 ⎞
A. 0 B. 2x C. − D. 2 ⎜ x − ⎟ E. 2 ⎜ − x ⎟
x ⎝ x⎠ ⎝x ⎠

(92#41) If a polynomial f (x ) is divisible by x − 1 , then f (x − 1) is divisible by

A. x − 2 B. x+2 C. x − 1 D. x + 1 E. x

(93#1) If f (x ) = 10 2 x , then f (4 y ) =
A. 10 4 y B. 10 2+ 4 y C. 10 8 y D. 40 y E. 40 2 y

(93#9) The expression x 2 − 2 x + k is divisible by (x + 1). Find the remainder when it is divided by
(x + 3).
A. 1 B. 4 C. 12 D.16 E. 18

(94#1) If f (x ) = x 2 + 2 x , then f (x −1) =

A. x2 B. x2 −1 C. x 2 + 2x − 1 D. x 2 + 2 x − 3 E. x 2 + 4x − 1

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(94#37) P(x) is a polynomial. When P(x) is divided by (5x − 2), the remainder is R . If P(x) is divided by
(2−5x), then the remainder is
2 2 2
A. R B. −R C. R D. E. −
5 5 5

(95#3) If f (x ) = x 99 + 99 x + k is divisible by x + 1 , then k =

A. −100 B. −98 C. 98 D. 100 E. 198

x ⎛1⎞
(95#35) If f (x ) = , then f ⎜ ⎟ f (− x ) =
1− x ⎝ x⎠
1 1− x x x
A. − B. −1 C. − D. E.
2 1+ x 1− x2 2
x −1

(96#5)

(96#6)

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(97#6)

(97#27)
A. -26 B. 0 C. 3 D. 25 E. 28

(98#02)
If f (x) = x 2 − 3x −1 , then f(a) + f(-a) =
A. 2a 2 B. 2a 2 − 2 C. 6a D. −6a E. −2

(98#06)

(00#09)
Let f ( x) = x3 − 2 x 2 − 5 x + 6 . It is known that f (1) = 0 . f (x) can be factorized as
A. ( x − 1)2 ( x + 6) B. ( x − 1)( x + 1)( x + 6) C. ( x − 1)( x − 2)( x + 3)
D. ( x − 1)( x + 2)( x − 3) E. ( x + 1)( x − 2)( x − 3)

(01#03)
Let f ( x) = (2 x − 1)( x + 1) + 2 x + 1. Find the remainder when f (x) is divided by 2 x + 1 .
1
A. −1 B. − C. 0 D. 1 E. 2
2

(01#48)
Let f ( x) = x 3 + 2 x 2 + ax + b . If f (x) is divisible by x + 1 and x − 2 , f (x) can be factorized as
A. ( x − 1)( x + 1)( x − 2) B. ( x + 1) 2 ( x − 2) C. ( x − 3)( x + 1)( x − 2)
D. ( x + 3)( x + 1)( x − 2) E. x( x + 1)( x − 2)

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(02 #38)
The remainder when x 2 + ax + b is divided by x + 2 is −4. The remainder when ax 2 + bx + 1 is divided
by x − 2 is 9. The value of a is
A. −3 B. −1 C. 1 D. 3

⎛1⎞
(03#01) If f (x ) = 2 x 2 + kx − 1and f (−2) = f ⎜ ⎟ ,then k =
⎝ 2⎠
− 17 31
A. B.−5 C.3 D.
3 5

(03#02)Let f ( x) = x 3 + 2 x 2 + k , where k is a constant. If f (−1) = 0, find the reminder when f (x) is

divided by x − 1 .
A. −1 B. 0 C. 2 D. 6

(04#03)If f ( x) = x 2 − x + 1, then f ( x + 1) − f ( x) =
A. 0 B. 2 C.2x D. 4x

(04#40) If f ( x) = x 3 − 7 x + 6 is divisible by x 2 − 3x + k , then k =

A. −2 B. 2 C. −3 D. 3

(05#03) If f ( x ) = 2 x 2 − 3x + 4 , then f (1) − f ( −1) =

A. −6 B. −2 C. 2 D. 6

(05#40) Let k be a positive integer. When x 2 k +1 + kx + k is divided by x+1, the remainder is

A. −1 B. 1 C. 2k −1 D. 2k +1

x 1
(06#05) If f(x) = , then f (3) f ( ) =
1+ x 3
3 1 3
A. B. C. D. 1
16 2 4

(06#40) Let k be a non-zero constant. When x 3 + kx 2 + 2kx + 3k is divided by x+k, the remainder is k. Find
k.
A. -1 B. 1 C. -2 D. 2

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(07#08)

A. -38 B. -20 C. -4 D. 4
(07#40)

A. x B. x-3 C. 2x-1 D. 2x+1

(08#06)

A. 0 B. 4 C. 14 D. 28
(09#06)

(09#41)

(10#06)

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(10#41)

(11#08)

(11#40)

(12#04)

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(12 Sample #05)

(12 Practice #05)

(13#9)

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XIII. Function and Remainder theorem Answer Key:

90#4 E A D A C
93#9 C B A D D
96#5 B B E E B
98#6 D D A D D
03#1 C C C B A
05#40 A A B D A
08#6 C A A C A
11#8 A D B C D
13#9 D

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