MATHEMATICS 10

SUMMATIVE TEST
WEEK 6-7

I. Direction: Read and understand each item. Write the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheet.

For items 1 to 3, refer to the given below:

2 5
( 4 x¿ ¿3+ 3 x +7) ¿ ÷ (2 x+1) = 2 x −x+2+
2 x+1

1. Which is the quotient?

2 5
A. 2 x −x+2+ C. 2 x+1
2 x+1
B. 2 x2 −x+2 D. 5

2. Which is the remainder?

2 5
A. 2 x −x+2+ C. 2 x+1
2 x+1
B. 2 x2 −x+2 D. 5

3. Which is the divisor?

2 5
A. 2 x −x+2+ C. 2 x+1
2 x+1
B. 2 x2 −x+2 D. 5

4. What will be the first term of the quotient in x 3+ 3 x +2 ¿ ÷ ( x +1) ?

A. x B. x 2 C. x 3 D. x 4

5. Using the variable x, which of the following is the correct representation of the answer of the
given synthetic pattern?

2 1
A. 2 x3 +4 x2 + 4 x−1 C. 2 x + 4 x+ 4−
x+2
2 1
B. 2 x + 4 x+ 4− D. 2 x2 + 4 x+ 4
x−2

6. What is the factored form of the expression a 2−2 ab+b2 ?

A. ¿ B. a 2−b2 C. (a+ b ¿ (a−b ¿ D. ¿
 7. What is the remainder when x 10 + x 5−x−1 is divided by x +1?
A. 2 B. 1 C. -1 D. 0

8. When x 3−1000 is written as a product of a binomial and a trinomial, the binomial factor is
x−10. What is the trinomial factor?
A. x 2−10 x+100 C. x 2+ 10 x +100
B. x 2−10−100 D. x 2+ 10 x−100

9. Which is not a factor of ( x 4 −2 x 3 −7 x2 +8 x +12) ?

A. x−1 B. x +1 C. x−2 D. x +2

10. Which of the following statements present a valid reasoning?

A. 49 p2−154 p+ 121 can be rewritten as ¿ and factored as a perfect square trinomial.
B. x 3+ 64 cannot be factored as the sum of two cubes because x 3 is a perfect cube and 64 is a
perfect square.
C. m 4 +25 can be written as (m¿¿ 2)2 −¿ ¿ and factored as difference of two squares.
D. y 9−6 can be written as ( y ¿¿ 3)3−¿ ¿ and factored as a difference of two cubes.

II. Performance Task

Direction: Use a clean sheet of paper to answer the following.

1. Explain how to perform long division of polynomials.

2. Explain how to perform synthetic division.
3. Use long division and synthetic division to find each quotient. Divide the first polynomial by the
second.
a. 2 x3 +7 x 2+ 9 x −18
b. x 5−2 x 4 −x3 +3 x 2−x+ 4