Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

POLYNOMIALS
I.

Classify each of the following according to number of terms and degree

Accd. To No. of TermsAccd. To Degree

1. x y + x 2 y 3

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2. -5x 3 y

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3. x x 2 y + x

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4. ab3 + c

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5. xy x 2 y + x 3 y 2 + 6

__________________

______________

II. Evaluate each of the following.

__________1. 3x 2 2x + 5 ; x = -3

__________2. y 2 5y + 2 ; y =

__________3.

2x 3y
; x = -2, y = - 4
5

__________4.

x 2y
; x = 7, y = - 1
7x

__________5.

x 2 y xy 2
; x = 5, y = 4
3( x y )

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

OPERATIONS ON POLYNOMIALS
I. Perform the indicated operations.
____________________1. (12y 2 + 17y 4) + (9y 2 17y + 2)

____________________2. (2x - 2x 2 + 12) + (2x 2 4x 12)

____________________3. (5x 2 5x 7) (3x 2 5x + 7)

____________________4. (13y 12y2 2) (12y 2 2y 2)

____________________5.

(3x3y4z2)(-2xy2z5)

____________________6. -4xy 2(2x4 y - 3xy7)

____________________7. (2x 2y)2(5x 3 y 3)2

____________________8. (4x 3y)(2x + 3y)

____________________9. (2x 1)(4x 2 + 2x + 1)

____________________10. (3y + 2x)(9y2 6xy + 4x 2)

II. Solve the following.

____________________1.

Subtract the sum of (2x 2 + 3y 2 5) and (3x 2 6y 2 2) from the difference of

(5x 2 4y 2 + 4) and (2x 2 3y 2 1)

____________________2.

Add the product of (x2 + 2x 3) and (x2 - 2x 3) to the product of (x2 + 2x + 5)

and (x2 2x 5).

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

DIVISION OF POLYNOMIALS
I. Divide each polynomial by the given monomial.
1.

9x 3 y 6x 2 y 2
3x 2 y

2.

5a 5 b 5 10a 4 b 4 15a 3 b 3
5a 3 b 3

3.

12a 4 b 2 16a 3 b 3 20a 2 b 4

4a 2 b 3

4.

24a 3 b 3 c 3 12a 2 b 2 c 2 6abc

6abc

5.

x 2 4 x 21
x 3

6.

3
2
7. x 2 x 3 x 4

x4

3 x 2 2 xy y 2
9.
xy

8.

12 x 2 x 10
3x 2

2 x 4 5 x 3 4 x 2 7 x 12
2x 1

2 x 4 5 x 3 3 x 2 y 2 2 xy 3 12y 4
10.
2x 3y

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

SPECIAL PRODUCTS
Find the product of the following.
1. (3s 5t)(3s t)

2. (3b 7)(3b + 7)

3. (5a2b 3c3)(5a2b + 3c3)

4. (3x + 4)2

5. (7y 3t)2

6. (3mn2 p2)2

7. (3x + y + z)(3x + y z)

8. (2a 3b + 4c)(2a 3b 4c)

9. (4x + 3y + 2z)(4x 3y 2z)

10. (2x + 3y)3

11. (4m n2)3

12. (a2b + 3c2)3

13. (2bc3 5d)3

14. (2x + y)(4x2 2xy + y2)15. (4x + 5y)(16x2 20xy + 25y 2)

16. (2x y + 3z)2

17. (3a + 2b + 5c) 2

19. (x 1)(x + 1)(x 2 + x + 1) (x 2 x + 1)

18. (2m2 n3 + 2p)2

20. (x + 1)(x 1)(x2 + 1)(x8 + x4 + 1)

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

FACTORING
Factor the following completely.
1. 35x2y2 + 56x3y4 42x4y5

2. 2a2bc 10ab2c 20abc2

3. z2 144

4. m2n2 81

5. (x + y)2 4

6. 16(x + 1)2 9(x 1)2

7. 4x2 20x + 25

8. 9a2 + 12a + 4

9. x2 20x + 96
11. 6x 2 + 19x 7

10. x2 2xy 35y2

12. x 2 13x + 12

13. 8x3 + 1

14. 1000 8x3

15. 27z3 + 125w3

17. (4x 2 9) 3 216

16. (3a + 2b)3 + (3a 2b)3

18. 4m4 2m3 6m + 3

19. s2 + st 4s 4t

20. a4 2a2 b2 + b4

21. 4a 2 + 16ac 9b 2 + 16c 2

22. x3 x2y xy2 + y3

23. x4 6x2 + 1

24. x4 + 5x2 + 9

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
I. Find some real numbers that will make each of the following rational expressions undefined.
3.

3 x
x 2 16

2.

x4
x x 6
2

5.

x5
x 4x 5
2

6.

3x 8
3 x 10 x 8
2

Simplify the following.

2. 3 x 4

5 2 6
1. 14m 2n 6p 3

4 3x

7m n p

4.

4 6x
3x 2 2x

7.

m 2 16
m 2 2m 24

10.

2
3. x 3x

5.

2x 6

c 2 4c
c 2 6c 8

6.

2
2
9. 14 x 2 9 xy y

2
8. 3 213 p 10p

y 7 xy

2 p 5 p 12

x x 2 y xy
x 2 2xy y 2

11.

x2 4
x 2 3x 2

a 2 2a 1 ab b
9a 9b 9

12.

x2 x y y2
2x 3 2y 3

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Perform the indicated operations.
1.

3x 12
x 2 2x 3

x 2 5x 4 x 2 x 6

2.

x 2 2x 1 x 2 3x 4

x2 x 2
x 2 2x

3.

2 p 2 11p 15 3 p 9
2
4 p 2 25
p 9

4.

5.

a 2 8a 15
a 2 4a 4

12 10a 12a 2 7a 10 a 2

2
2
6. 8x 18 x 5 8x 22 x 15
10 x 2 9 x 2 10x 2 11x 6

7.

x4 y4
2x 3y
12xy
2
2
2
2 x 3y 7x 7y
8 x 8 xy

8.

2
2
3
9. x 3x 9 x 3x 9 x 27
2x 6
2x 2 18 x 3 27

6 y 2 7 y 3 12y 2 y 1

9 y 2 25
12 y 2 20y

t 3
t 2 2t 1 t 2 9

t 2 2t 3 t 2 2t 3 t 2 1

2
2
2
10. x 3x 40 x 2x 48 x 36
x 2 2x 35 x 2 3x 18 x 2 9

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Perform the indicated operation.
1.

2x 1 3x 6

x 3
x 3

2.

2x 3 3x 5 1 2x

2x 1 2x 1 2x 1

y
1

4. y 16 y 4

6x
3

3. x 5 2x 3

6
3
2
5. a 6a 7 a 49

1
1
6. x 2 x 20 x 2 8 x 16

7.

x 2
x 1
2
x 10x 16 x 9x 14

8.

9.

5
x
3x 2

2
3x 3 2x 2 x 1

10.

3y 1
y 4

2
2 y 5 y 12 6y 7 y 3
2

2
4
x 7

2
x 3 x 2 x x 6

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

COMPLEX EXPRESSIONS
Simplify the following complex fractions:
1 3

x x2
1.
2 5

x2 x

5x

2.

5x
5x
5x

1
5x

a2 b2
a2 b2
3.
ab ab

ab ab

a 1 a 1

a 1 a 1
4.
a 1 a 1

a 1 a 1

3
4

2
x 2x 3 x 3
2x
8
5. x 1 x 2 2 x 3

7.

6.

3x
1
1

1
1

1
x 1

1
1

8.

1
x

1
1
x

x
2

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

RADICAL EXPRESSIONS
I. Simplify the following.
1.

27a 2b 9

2.

216a 7 b 10 c 17

3.

81x 8 y 8

4.

4x 12

x3y 5
z6

5.

9.

4 3

x 24

6.

10.

64 x 4 y 12
z 16

4 3

7.

x 15 y 20
32

8.

3.

a6b5
c 25

x 48

II. Rationalized the denominator of the following.

1.

4.

2.

a5
b7

5.

3x 4 y
2x 3 y 2

6.

4
xy 2

5 x 10 y
27 z 2

Name: ______________________________________Date: ________________ Section: _______

OPERATIONS ON RADICAL EXPRESSIONS
Perform the indicated operations.
1.

5 3 15 3

2.

18

50

98

3.

2 27 3 48

75

4. x 4 x 25 25 x 3 81x 3

5.

7. 3 3 4 8

10.

13.

16.

x 3 y2

x2 3 y

11.

14.

7 3

108 y 2

3y 3 3 y

17.

6 xy 3 8 xy 2

5x

2x

12. 2 x 3 3 2 x 3 3

15.

6 2

3x

2 4 64 y 8 4 4 y 8 4 324

9. 4 3 3 5 3 9

2x

6.

27 y

8. 3 5 2 2 7

10

18.

4 2
5 2

4 3 2 5
4 3 2 5