K.R.

MANGALAM WORLD SCHOOL, VAISHALI

Ch. 2 POLYNOMIALS EXTRA QUESTIONS

GRADE X

1. The graph of a quadratic polynomial x2 – 3x – 4 is a parabola. Determine the opening of parabola.

2. If p(x) = x2 + 5x + 2, then find p(3) + p(2) + p(0).

3. The graph of y = p(x) is shown in the figure below. How many zeroes does p(x) have?

4. The coefficient of x and the constant term in a linear polynomial are 5 and – 3 respectively, find its zero.

5. If (α – β), α, (α + β) are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x3 – 16x2 + 15x – 2, then find the value of α.

6. What is the zero of 2x + 3?

7. If α and β are zereos of the polynomial 2x2 – 5x + 7, then find the value of α-1 + β-1.

8. If p and q are the roots of ax2 – bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0, then find the value of p + q.

9. If – 1 is a zero of quadratic polynomial, p(x) = kx2 – 5x – 4, then find the value of k.

10. Find the quadratic polynomial whose sum of zeroes is 8 and their product is 12. Hence find zeroes of
polynomial.

11. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, find the value of a.

12. If α and β are zeroes of x2 + 7x + 12, then find the value of 1/α+1/β – 2αβ.

13. Find α-1 + β-1, if α and β are zereos of the polynomial 9x2 – 3x – 2.

14. If α and β are the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial x2 – x – 2 then find the value of (1/α−1/β).

15. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 5x2 – 4 – 8x and verify the relationship between the zeroes
and the coefficients of the polynomial.

16. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 1 and – 3. Verify the relation between the coefficients and
the zeroes of the polynomial.

17. Find a relation between p and q, if one zero of x2 + px + q is 37 times the other.
18. If one zero of polynomial (k2 + 16) x2 + 13x + 8k is reciprocal of the other then k is equal to______.

19. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x2 + mx + n, then a polynomial whose zeroes are 1α,1β is
given by___________.

20. Sum of the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = – 3x2 + k is________________