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Polynomials
Conventional Questions
1. [11-12 S.Test-1]
It is given that P ( x)  ax 3  bx 2  5 . When P(x) is divided by (3x + 1), the remainder is 4. When P(x)
is divided by (x  2), the remainder is 25. Find the values of a and b. (4 marks)

2. [11-12 S.Test-1]
1 1 x
Simplify 2  . (3 marks)
x  x  2 ( x  1)( x 2  4 x  3)

3. [11-12 S.Test-1]
Solve x 6  4 x 4  11x 2  30  0 for all real values of x. (4 marks)

4. [11-12 F5 Mid-term, 2]
4x 2  9 y 2
Simplify  12 y  8 x  . (3 marks)
4 x 2  12 xy  9 y 2
5. [11-12 F5 Mid-term, 9]
A piece of wire is bent to form a right-angled triangle PQR as shown in Figure 4. It is given that PQ
= x cm, PR is 7 cm shorter than PQ and QR is 1 cm longer than PQ. Find the perimeter of ΔPQR.
(4 marks)

P x cm Q

Figure 4

6. [11-12 F5 Mid-term, 11]

2 3 2
(a) Factorize x  x2  x  . (3 marks)
3 3
2 3 2
(b) Hence, find the L.C.M. of x  x2  x  and 4 x 2  4 x  1 . (2 marks)
3 3
7. [11-12 F5 Mid-term, 12]
It is given that f ( x)  x 3  x  2 .
(a) Show that ( x  1) is a factor of f(x). (1 mark)
f ( x) x2  x  6
(b) Simplify  . (3 marks)
3x 2  2 x  1 3x 2  8 x  3
f ( x) x2  x  6
(c) Hence, solve   x. (1 mark)
3x 2  2 x  1 3x 2  8 x  3
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8. [11-12 F5 Mid-term, 16]
It is given that f ( x )  ax 3  8 x 2  bx  10 . When f (x ) is divided by (x – 3), the remainder is –100.
Besides, f (x ) is divisible by (x + 2).
(a) Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Factorize f (x ) completely. (2 marks)
(c) Solve a (8 y )  4 y 1.5  b(2 y )  10  0 . (3 marks)

9. [11-12 F5 Final, 13]

Let f  x  be a polynomial. When f  x  is divided by x  4 , the quotient is 2 x 2  x  3 and the

remainder is 18.
(a) Find f 2  . (3 marks)
(b) Factorize f  x  . (2 marks)
(c) It is given that the dimensions of a cuboid are 6 x cm, (7  2 x ) cm and ( x  1) cm. If the
volume of the cuboid is 36 cm3, find the value(s) of x. (2 marks)

10. [12-13 F5 Final, 1]

It is given that x  2 is a factor of P( x)  x3  3x 2  4 x  k , where k is a constant.

(a) Find the value of k. (2 marks)

(b) Find the remainder when P(x) is divided by x  3. (1 mark)

11. [12-13 F5 Final, 5]

Let f ( x )  x 3  ax 2  bx  2 , where a, b are constants. It is given that f ( x )  ( x  2)( x  1)( x  q) ,

where q is an integer.
(a) Find the values of q, a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Peter claims that the equation 2 3 x  3  2 x  2  0 has two distinct real roots. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (2 marks)

12. [13-14 S.Test-1]

Consider P(x) = x 3  ax 2  5 x  b . When P(x) is divided by x – 1, the remainder is –8. When P(x) is
divided by x + 2, the remainder is 4. Find the values of a and b. (4
marks)

13. [13-14 S.Test-6]

Let P(x) = 3x3 + 11x2 – 39x + 10. It is given that when P(x) is divided by G(x), the quotient is 3x – 1
and the remainder is x + a, where a is a constant.
(a) Find the value of a and the polynomial G(x). (4 marks)
P( x) 1
(b) It is also given that  3x  1  , where x  6 and x  2 . Using the result of (a), or
G ( x) xk
otherwise, find the value of k. (2 marks)
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14. [13-14 F5 Final, 5]

Consider P( x)  4 x 3  8 x 2  x  2 .
(a) Show that x  2 is a factor of P (x ) . Hence, factorize P (x ) completely. (3 marks)
1 1 5
(b) Solve    1. (2 marks)
2 x  1 x  2 P( x )

15. [13-14 F5 Final, #13]

It is given that f  x   ax 3  bx 2  25 x  12 is divisible by x – 3. When f (x) is divided by x – 2, the
remainder is –2.
(a) Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Figure 5 shows the graph of y  6 x  32 x  50 . P is a movable point on the graph lying in the
2

second quadrant where P’ is the feet of perpendicular from P to the x-axis.

(i) If the coordinates of P’ is (–c, 0) express the area of ∆POP’ in terms of c.
(ii) Find the possible coordinates of P such that the area of ∆POP’ is 12 square units. (5 marks)
y

y  6 x 2  32 x  50  

x 
P' O
Figure 5 
16. [13-14 S.6 Mock Exam #4]
(a) Factorize x 3  27 and x 3  3 x 2  9 x  27 . (3 marks)
(b) Find the H.C.F and L.C.M. of x 3  27 and x 3  3 x 2  9 x  27 . (2 marks)

17. [13-14 S.6 Mock Exam #14]

When f (x) is divided by 2x2 – kx + 3, the quotient is 2x + 5 and the remainder is ax + b. It is given
 5
that f     0 and f (0) = 20.
 2
(a) Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Find the range of values of k such that the equation f (x) = 0 has at least two distinct real roots.
(4 marks)

18. [14-15 S.6 Mock Exam #10]

Let f  x  be a polynomial. When f x  is divided by x  2 , the quotient is 2 x 2  7 x  9 . It is
given that f 2   18 .

(a) Find the value of f 1 . (2 marks)

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(b) Solve f  x   0 . (4 marks)
19. [14-15 S.5 Standardized Test #2]
(a) Let f ( x)  3 x 3  ax 2  bx  2 where a and b are constants. It is given that f (x) is divisible by
3x – 1. When f (x) is divided by x – 1, the remainder is 4.
(i) Find a and b.
(ii) Factorize f (x) completely. (5 marks)
(b) Using Factor Theorem, factorize g ( x)  3x  x  3x  1 completely.
3 2
(2 marks)
(c) Find the G.C.D. and L.C.M. of f (x) and g (x). (2 marks)

20. [15-16 F5 Final, #10]

Let f  x   2 x3  3x 2  kx  12 and g  x   x3  k , where k is a real constant. It is given that when
f (x) is divided by x + 1, the remainder is െ3.
(a) Find the value of k. (2 marks)
(b) (i) Find f (2).
(ii) Factorize f (x) and g (x) completely. (4 marks)
(c) A student claimed that the roots of the equation f (x) = g (x) are all rational.
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (3
marks)

21. [15-16 F6 Mock, #12]

It is given that f  x   mx3  3x 2  18x  n where m and n are constants. If f 1  5 and

f  1  27 .
(a) Find the values of m and n. (2 marks)
(b) Show that x  2 is a factor of f  x  . Hence, factorize f  x  completely. (2 marks)
(c) Solve f x   22  11x , where x is real. (2 marks)

22. [16-17 F6 Mock, #12]

(a) Let f  x   x 3  hx  288 , where h is a constant. It is given that f x  is divisible by x  6. Find
h.
(2 marks)
(b) In Figure 1, V is the vertex of the graph of y = x2 + 6. P is a moving point on the graph in the
first quadrant, Q is the feet of perpendicular from P to the x-axis. y 
y = x2 + 

P 

V 
Figure 1 x
O  Q 
(i) Let (q, 0) be the coordinates of Q. Express the area of VOQP in terms of q.
(ii) Michael claims that P cannot have more than one position on the graph if the area of
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VOQP is 144. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(6 marks)
23. [16-17 S4 Final, #8]
It is given that f ( x)  ax  4x  3bx  4 and g ( x)  x  ax  5x  b . If x  1 is a common factor
3 2 3 2

of f(x) and g(x). Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)

24. [16-17 S4 Final, #13]

When 2x3 + 12x2  11 is divided by x2 + mx  8, the quotient and the remainder are 2 x  10 and 6x + n
respectively. Find the values of m and n. (3 marks)

25. [17-18 F6 Mock, #13]

Let f ( x)  3x 3  28 x 2  6 x  5 .
(a) (i) Show that 3 x  1 is a factor of f (x ) .
(ii) Factorize f (x ) with integral coefficients in each factor. (3 marks)
(b) Let g ( x)  (2 x  9)(3x  1) . Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f ( x)  bg ( x) ,
where b is a real constant, are real numbers. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

26. [17-18 S4 S.Test, #3]

Let f ( x)  3x 3  16 x 2  15 x  18 .
(a) Show that 3x  2 is a factor of f ( x ) .
(b) Factorize f ( x ) . (4 marks)

27. [17-18 S4 S.Test, #6]

Let f ( x)  6 x 3  x 2  13 x  2 . When f (x) is divided by 3x 2  ax  8 , the quotient and the
remainder are 2 x  1 and bx  c respectively, where a, b and c are constants.
(a) Find a. (3 marks)
(b) Let g (x) be a quadratic polynomial such that when g (x) is divided by 3x  ax  8 , the
2

remainder is bx  c  5 .
(i) Find the remainder when f ( x)  g ( x) is divided by 3x 2  ax  8 .
(ii) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f ( x)  g ( x)  5 are integers. Do you
agree? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

28. [17-18 S4 Final, #9]

Let f ( x)  4 x x  1  ax  b , where a and b are constants. It is given that x  1 is a factor of f (x) .
2

When f (x) is divided by x  3 , the remainder is 2b  20 .

(a) Find a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Anna claims that the equation f ( x)  0 has one real root only. Do you agree? Explain your
answer. (4 marks)

29. [17-18 S4 Final, #15]

Let f ( x )  6 x 3  13x 2  ax  2 , where a is a constant. When f (x) is divided by 3 x 2  5 x  2 , the
quotient and the remainder are 2 x  b and  4 x  4 respectively, where b is a constant.
(a) Find a .
(2 marks)
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(b) Factorize f ( x) into factors with integral coefficients. (1 mark)