POLYNOMIALS AND POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS

1. What is the remainder when 1 – x + 2x2 – 3x3 is divided by x + 1 ?

2. Two factors of the third degree polynomial p(x ) are x+ 2 and x – 4. If p(0) = 8 and p( 1 ) = - 9 ,
find the remaining factor of p(x) ?
3. What is the quotient when   is divided by  ?

4. When   is divided by  , what is the remainder?

5. What is Q (x) in ( x + 2 ) Q(x) + ( 4x + 2 ) = x3 + 5x2 + 9x ?

6. If f(x) = 1 + 5x – 2x2 , what is f ( 1 + h ) – f(1) ?
7. If an = (1) n + 1 – 2n + 2n , what is a4 ?
8. When the polynomials p(x) is divided by 2x2 – x , the quotient is x2 + 1 and the remainder is x +
2. What is p(x) ?
9. What is the remainder when p(x) = 2x4 – 7x2 – 4x + 2 is divided by x + 2 ?
10. Find the value of k so that x + 1 is a factor of p(x) = 2kx4 + 4x3 + kx2 – x – 3.
11. Solve for x in the equation 3x3 + x2 – 12x – 4 = 0 .
12. Let P(x) be a third degree polynomial such that p(-1 ) = p(1) = p( 2 ) = 0 and p(3) = - 16. What
is p ( -2 ) ?
13. When a polynomial p(x) is divided by 2x – 4 , the remainder is – 3. If p(-1) = - 6, what is the
remainder whe p (x) is divided by ( 2x – 4 ) ( x + 1 ) ?
14. If - 3 ≤ x ≤ 0 , find the minimum value of f(x) = x2 + 4x.
15. If f( 2x – 1 ) = x , what is f( 2 ) ?
16. What is the quotient when 3x5 + 5x4 – 4x3 + 7x + 3 is divided by x + 2 ?
17. Find a polynomial p(x) of degree 3 that has zeroes -2 , 0 , and 7 and the coefficient of x 2 is 10.
18. What is the remainder when x3 – x + 1 is divided by 2x – 1 ?
19. Find the remainder when x100 is divided by x2 – x .
20. If p( x3 ) = 4X9 – 7x6 + 2x3 – 27 , find p(x).
21. Find the remainder when p(X ) = 2X3 + 5X2 – 3x - 4 is divided by x + 2.
22. WHAT is the coefficient of x in the quotient when p(x) = 4x 3 – 17x2 + 8x + 11 is divided by x – 3 ?
23. Find the constant k if x – 2 is a factor of f(x) = 3x4 – kx3 + kx2 – 13x + 6.
24. Find the largest root of x of 2x3 + 5x2 + x – 2 = 0.
25. If p(x) is a 3rd degree polynomial and p(-2 ) = p(2) = p(-1) = 0 and p(1) = - 18. Find p (3).
26. Find the polynomial with smallest possible degree and all whose coefficients are integers, with the
leading coefficient positive and as small as possible , if it has √ 2 and 2 as zeros.