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Dividing polynomial (Remainder Theorem)

1. Divide 4x 3  2x 2  3x  4 by x + 4. 6. Divide 4x 3  21x 2  23x  6 by (x  4 ).

a. 4x 2  14x  59
b. 4x 2  18x  53, R 240 a. 4x 2  5x  3, R –6
c. 4x 2  14x  59, R –232
b. 4x 2  5x  3
d. 4x 2  18x  53
c. 4x 2  37x  43, R 18
d. 4x 2  37x  43

2. Divide 3x 3  2x 2  x  2 by x – 2.
a. 3x 2  4x  15, R 32
b. 3x 2  4x  15 7. Divide 14x 3  840  14x by (x  4 ).
c. 3x 2  8x  17
d. 3x 2  8x  17, R –36 a. 14x 2  56x  210
b. 14x 2  56x  210
c. 14x 2  56x  238, R –1680
3. Divide x 3  x 2  x  2 by x + 4. d. 14x 2  56x  238, R 1680
a. x 2  3x  11, R –42
b. x 2  3x  11
c. x 2  5x  13
d. x 2  5x  13, R 46 5x 2  kx  1 2
8.  ax  1 
x1 x1
For the shown equation above . What is the value
of k?
4. Determine which binomial is not a factor of a. -4
4x 4  21x 3  46x 2  219x  180. b. -2
a. x + 4 c. 2
b. x + 3 d. 4
c. x – 5
d. 4x + 3

5. Divide 6x 3  18x 2  7x  10 by (x  2 ).

a. 6x 2  6x  5
b. 6x 2  6x  5
c. 6x 2  30x  19, R –20
d. 6x 2  30x  19, R 20

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9. 13.
10x  5 G(x)=x 2  ax  b
x1 If G(0)=1, which of the following must be true?
Which of the following is equivalent to the a. x is a factor of G(x)
expression above? b. x-1 is a factor of G(x)
a. -15 c. The remainder will be zero when G(x) is
5 divided by x-1
b.  10
x1 d. The remainder will be 1 when G(x) is divided
5 by x
c.  10
x1
15
d.  10
x1

10. (25x  25x 2  8)  (2  5x)

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a. 5x  5 
5x  2
2
b. 5x  3 
5x  2
2
c. 5x  3 
5x  2
d. 5x  5

11. What is the remainder when x 4  5x 2  10x  12 is

divided by x+2?
a. 4
b. -36
c. -20 14.
d. 2 a. I and II
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II and III
12. For what value of k is x 2  kx  k divisible by x-k?
a. 0
b. 0 or -0.5
15. P(x)= (x-2)f(x)+R
c. 1
d. k If P(x)=5x 2  3x  4, what is the half of R?
a. 9
b. 6
c. 12
d. 18

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16. What is the remainder when x 4  3x 2  10 is 19. The remainder when p(x) is divided by (x-1) is 2 ,
divided by x 2  1? and the remainder when p(x) is divided by (x+1) is
a. 14 -4. What is the remainder if p(x) is divided by
b. 10 x2  1
c. x+10 a. 2x+1
d. 2x-5 b. 3x-1
c. 4x+1
d. -8

20. When 2x 2  5x  4 is divided by (x-1)(x+1) the

remainder is ax+b, where a and b are constants .
What is the value of a?
a. 6
b. 5
17. c. -5
The graph of h(x) is shown above. If h(x) is divided d. -6
by x-1 the remainder will be A, and if divided by
(x+3) the remainder will be B, and if Divided by x
the remainder will be C.Find the average of all
remainders. 21. p(x)=x 2  5x  k
a. 10 When p(x) is divided by x-1 the remainder is 3. If
b. 20 p(x) is divided by x+1, what is the remainder?
c. 30 a. 3
d. 13.3 b. 4
c. 7
d. 13

18. P(x)=(x 2  ax  2)  2(x  b)

If P(x) is divisible by (x-1) and (x-3). What is the
value of a? 22. For the polynomial p(x), the value of p(2) and p(-1)
a. -4 is 0. Which of the following is false?
b. -2 a. x-2 is a factor
c. 2 b. x+1 is a factor
d. 4 c. x 2  x  2 is a factor
d. (x-2) + (x+1) is a factor

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23. When a number x is divided by 3 the quotient is m

and the remainder is 1. When the same number x is
divided by 4 , the quotient is n and the remainder is
5. Which of the following must be true?
a. 3m-4n=4
b. m+5n=7
c. m-n=0.3
d. 3m+4n=6

24. When a certain number p is divide by 10 the

quotient is k and the remainder is r. Which of the
following represents r?
a. p-10k
b. 10p-k
c. 10(k-p)
d. 10k-p

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Dividing polynomial (Remainder Theorem)

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. C
21. D
22. D
23. A
24. A