SBIOA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, TRICHY - 07

STD: VIII ACTIVITY - 1 DATE:

NAME: DAY:

1. Which of the following is the common factor of 21 x2y and 35 xy2?

(i) 7 (ii) xy (iii) 7 xy (iv) none of these.
2. Which of the following arc the factors of 1 – x2?
(i) (x + l) (x – I) (ii) (1 – x) (1 + x) (iii) (1 – x) (1 – x) (iv) (1 + x) (1 + x).
3. Which of the following is the common factor of: 5xy, 3pqr and 40 xyz?
(i) 5 (ii) 0 (iii) xy (iv) 1
4. Which of the following is quotient obtained on dividing –18 xyz2 by –3 xz?
(i) 6 Yz (ii) –6 yz (iii) 6 xy2 (iv) 6 xy
5. Which of the following is quotient obtained on dividing (x2 – b) (x – a) by –(x – a)?
(i) (x2 – b) (ii) (iii) –(x2 – b) (iv) – (x + a)

6. Which of the following are the factors of a2 + ab + bc + ca

(i) ab – a – b + 1 = (1 – a)(1 – b)
(ii) ab – a – b + 1 = (a – 1)(b – 1)
(iii) ab – a – b + 1 = (1 – a)(b – 1)
(iv) ab – a – b + 1 = (a – 1)(1 – b)
7. (y – x) (y + x) is equal to which of the following:
(i) y2 – yx (ii) yx – x2 (iii) y2 – x2 (iv) x2 – y2
8. Which of the following are the factors of a2 + ab +bc + ca
(i) (b + c) (c + a) (ii) (a + b) (a + c) (iii) a(a + b + c) (iv) (a + b) (b + c).
9. Which of the following is the factorisation of x3 – x?
(i) x(x – x2) (ii) x[(1+ x) (1 – x)] (iii) x(x2 – x) (iv) x[(x + 1) (x – 1)]
10. Which of the following is equal to x3 – 225x
(i) x(1 – 15x) (1 + 15x)
(ii) x(x – 15) (x + 15)
(iii) x(1 – 15x) (1 – 15x)
(iv) x(1 + 15x) (1 – 15x).
11. Simplify: –45p3 ÷ 9p2
12. Simplify: 4x2y2(3z – 24), 36xy(z – 8)
13. Divide: 81x3(50x2 – 98) by 27x2 (5x + 7)
14. Which of the following is the remainder when z(5z 2 – 80) is divided by 5z(z – 4):
(a) z + 4 (b) z – 4 (c) 5 (d) 0
15. Which of the following is the quotient when 44(x4 – 5x3 – 24x2) is divided by 22x(x – 8):
(a) x(x + 3) (b) 2x(x + 3) (c) 2(x – 3) (d) x(x – 3)
16. Which of the following is factorization of (1 – x2)
(a) (1 + x) (1 + x) (b) (1 – x) (1 – x) (c) (1 – x) (1 + x) (d) none of these
17. By which of the following a4 – b4 be divided to get quotient (a2 + b2) (a – b) and, remainder as 0.
(a) a2 + b2 (b) a – b (c) a + b (d) a2 – b2
18. Is (a – 1) (b – 1) the factorisation of (ab – a – b +1) or (ab – a + b – 1)?
19. Divide 10(x3y2x2 + x2y3z2 + x2y2z3) by 5x2y2z2.
20. Simplify: 12(y2 + 7y + 10) ÷ 6(y + 5)