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CLASS 10TH MATHEMATICS PRACTICE TEST – 2, Chapter-POLYNOMIALS

Max Time : 1 hour 10 Mins Max Marks : 50

1. What is the value of p(x) = x2 – 3x – 4 at x = –1? (3 marks)

2. What is the zero of 2x + 3? (2 marks)

3. The Coefficient of x and the constant term in a linear polynomial are 5 and –3 respectively. Find its zero. (2 marks)

4. Find the product of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2 + 5x – 2. (2 marks)

5. If a fifth degree polynomial is divided by a quadratic polynomial, write the possible degree of the quotient. (3 marks)

6. For what value of k, (–4) is a zero of the polynomial x2 – x – (2k + 2)? (3 marks)

7. The sum and product of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are and –3 respectively. What is the quadratic polynomial? (2 marks)

8. If 1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = ax2 – 3 (a – 1) x – 1, then find the value of a. (3 marks)

9. Write a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 3 and –2 respectively. (2 marks)

10. If α and β are the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial x2 + x – 2 then find the value of (3 marks)

11. If α and β are the zeroes of x2 + px + q then find the value of (3 marks)

12. The length of a rectangular vegetable garden is 4 feet more than its width. After a 2 foot cement border is placed around the garden, the
area of garden and border is 320 square feet. Find the original dimensions of the vegetable garden. (3 marks)

13. Find the value of ‘k’ such that the quadratic polynomial 3x2 + 2kx + x – k – 5 has the sum of zeroes as half of their product. (3 marks)

14. Jordan is 2 years older than his brother James. If the product of their ages is one less than five times the sum of their ages, how old are
Jordan and James? (3 marks)

15. If 1 is a zero of x3 – 3x2 – x + 3 then find all other zeroes. (2marks)

16. Find all the zeroes of 2x4 – 3x3 – 3x2 + 6x – 2, if two of its zeroes are 1 and (2 marks)

17. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 – 6 – 8x and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients of the
polynomial. (2 marks)

18. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 – 6 – 8x and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients of the
polynomial. (2 marks)

19. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are –12 and 4 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients. (3 marks)

20. If the polynomial 4x4 + 6x3 + 13x2 + 20x + 7 is divided by another polynomial 3x2 + 4x + 1 then the remainder comes out to be ax + b, find ‘a’
and ‘b’. (3 marks)

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EXTRA QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE :

8 Exercises

1. Two consecutive pages have a product that is 306. What are the page numbers?

2. Two consecutive positive even numbers have a product that is 360. What are the numbers?

3. One positive number is 3 more than another. Their product is 180. What are the numbers?

4. Two positive numbers have a product of 575. If the larger number is 2 more than the smaller, what are the numbers?

5. Andrew and Ethan are brothers. Andrew is older. The sum of the ages of Andrew and Ethan is 30. If the product of their ages is 216, how old
are Andrew and Ethan?

6. The difference in Cameron and Avery’s ages is 5. The product of their ages is 104. If Cameron is older, how old is Avery?
7. David’s age is 7 years more than three times Bree’s age. If the product of their ages is 110, how old is David?

8. Chris is 2 years older than Tom. The product of their ages is 574 more than the sum of their ages. How old is Tom?

9. Joshua is a year older than his sister McKay. The product of their ages is 33 more than 7 times Joshua’s age. How old are Joshua and McKay?
10. Madison is 7 less than four times as old as Paige. The product of their ages is 47 more than the sum of their ages. How old are Madison and
Paige?

11. The length of a rectangular flower garden is 5 feet more than its width. If the area of the garden is 104 square feet, what are the dimensions
of the garden?

12. The area of the floor in a square room is 121 square meters. What is the length of the wall of the room?

13. The length of a Ping-Pong table is 2 feet less than twice the width. The area of the PingPong table is 40 square feet. What are the
dimensions of the table?

14. The area of a rectangular wall of a barn is 64 square feet. Its length is 8 feet longer than twice its width. Find the length and width of the
wall.

15. The length of a rectangular plot of land is 10 yards more than its width. If the area of the land is 600 square yards, find the dimensions of
the plot of land.

16. The area of a rectangular lawn is 1200 square feet. If the length of the lawn is 27 feet less than three times its width, what is the length and
width of the lawn?

17. The width of a photo is 5 inches less than its length. A border of 2 inches is placed around the photo. The area covered by the photo and its
border is 104 square inches. Find the dimensions of the photo itself.

18. The Jackson family Christmas photo is 5 inches less than its width. A 2 inch frame is placed around the photo. The area of the photo and
frame is 66 square inches. What are the dimensions of the photo alone?

19. Jennifer’s rectangular flower garden has a length that is 5 feet less than twice the width. A 4 foot brick border is added around the garden
giving a total area of garden and border of 255 square feet. What is the size of the garden without the border?

20. The area of John’s rectangular lawn and cement border is 1222 square feet. If the cement border is 2 feet wide, and the length of his lawn is
27 feet less than 3 times the width, what are the dimensions of John’s lawn?

21. The width of Eric’s small painting is 3 inches less than its length. A 1 inch border is put around the painting to protect the sides of his
masterpiece. The area of the painting and the border is 108 square inches. What is the length and width of Eric’s original painting?

22. Cathy’s rectangular flower garden has a length that is 3 feet less than twice the width. After she has her husband, David, place a 5 foot brick
border around the garden, the area of the garden and border is 210 square feet. Find the dimensions of the garden without the border.

23. Jon wants to put a 1 yard wide deck around his rectangular pool. Before putting the deck in, the length of the pool was four times the
width. If the total area after the deck is put on is 154 square yards, what are the dimensions of Jon’s pool without the deck?

24. The height of a triangular sail is 5 feet more than twice the base. If the sail is made of 174 square feet of fabric, what are the dimensions of
the sail?

25. The height of a triangular flag is 5 inches more than twice its base. If the flag is made of 84 square inches of fabric, what are the
dimensions of the flag?

26. The number of possible handshakes, H, within a group of n people is given by the formula ( ). How many people would there have to be in a
group to have 435 handshakes?

27. The number of possible high fives, H, within a group of n people is given by the formula ( ). After the Angels won the world series, there
were 66 high fives at Jon’s house. How many people were at Jon’s house?

28. A camera shop’s daily profit is given by , where x is the total number of cameras sold in the day. If they only had profit of $70 today, how
many cameras did they sell?

29. A small appliance company’s daily revenue is given by , where x is the total number of appliances sold in the day. If they only had revenue
of $60 on Monday, how many appliances did they sell on Monday?

30. Two motor boats start at the same spot and travel apart from each other according to the formula ( )( ), where d is in miles, and x is the
time they are traveling apart in minutes. How long have they been traveling when the distance between them is 6 miles?

31. Jared’s stock portfolio grows according to the formula , where a is the amount in the portfolio, in thousands, and x is the amount of time
the money has been in the portfolio, in months. When will Jared’s portfolio be at a value of $10,000?