ECE-Special Topics

ALGEBRA 1-REMEDIAL EXAM

NAME: ___________________________
1. Find the sum of the roots of 5x2 10x
+2 = 0?
a. -1/2 b. -2
c. 1/2
d. 2
2. Find the value of m that will make 4x24mx + 4m + 5 a perfect square trinomial.
a. 3 b. -2 c. 4 d. 5
3. The terms of a sum may be grouped in
any manner without affecting the result.
This is known as:
a. commutative law
b. associative
law
c. distributive law d. reflexive law
4. Find the coefficient of the term
involving b4 in the expansion of (a 2
2b)10.
a. -3360
b. 10!
c. -960
d. 3360
5. Simplify the expression: the square
root of the cube root of 64x60.
a. 4x4 b. 8x2 c. 2x6 d. 2x10
6. What is the remainder when the
polynomial x4 5x3 + 5x2 +7x + 6 is
divided by x + 2?
a. 16 b. 32 c. 48 d. 68
7. If kx3 (k+3) x2 + 13 is divided by x-4,
and the remainder is 157. Then the value
of k is _____.
a. 6 b. 4 c. 5 d. 3
8. From the equation 7x2 + (2k-1)x 3k +
2= 0, determine the value of k so that the
sum and the product of the roots are
equal.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3

9. Find the term involving x13 in the

expansion of (x3 + 2/x)11
a. 4th term b. 5th term c. 6th term
d. 8th term
10. What is the least common multiple of
15 and 18?
a. 3 b. 90 c. 36 d. 25
11. Given the expressions 3x-2y+8z, 12xy-10z, 3x-y+7z. If the sum of the second
and the third expressions is subtracted
from the first, the result would be
a. 12x-11z b. -12x +11z
c. 12-4y11z
d. 12x+4y+11z
12. What is the constant term in
(x2+1/x2)12.
a. 924
b. 465c. 696 d. 712
13. Determine the sum of the positive
valued solution to the simultaneous
equations: xy=15, yz=35, zx=21.
a. 13 b. 14 c. 15 d. 16
14. If f(x) = 10x+1, then f(x+1) f(x) is
equal to
a. 11 b. -9(10x)
c. 9(10x)
d. 9x(10)
15. If the roots of the equation are -1, 2
and 4, what is the equation?
a. x3 4x2 +2x +6 = 0
b. x3 5x2 -3x +6 = 0
c. x3 4x2 +3x +8 = 0
d. x3 5x2 +2x +8 = 0