C2- Worksheet

Chapter- 5 The Binomial Expansion

1.Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (3 + 2)5, giving each term in its simplest form. (4) (Jan 2005) 2.(a) Write down the first three terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (1 + )12 , where p is a non-zero constant. (2)

7. (a) Find the first 4 terms of the expansion of (1 + 2)10in ascending powers of x, giving each term in its simplest form. (4)

The first 3 terms are 1, 36and q 2 , where q is a constant. (b) Find the value of p and the value of q. (4) (Jan 2006) 4. Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (2 + )6 , giving each term in its simplest form. (4) (June 2006)

3.(a) Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of(1 + )9 , wherep is a constant. (2)

Given that, in the expansion of (1 + )12 , the coefficient of x is (q) and the coefficient of x2 is 11q, (b) find the value of p and the value of q. (4) (June 2005)

(b) Use your expansion to estimate the value of (1.005)10 , giving your answer to 5 decimal places. (3) (Jan 2008)

8.(a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of(1 + )10 , where a is a non-zero constant. Give each term in its simplest form. (4) Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of 3 is double the coefficient of 2 , (b) find the value of a. (2)(June 2008)

9.Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (3 2),5 giving each term in its simplest form. (4)(Jan 2009) 10.(a) Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of(2 + )7 wherek is a constant. Give each term in its simplest form. (4)

5. (a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of(1 2)5 . Give each term in its simplest form. (4) (b) If x is small, so that 2 and higher powers can be ignored, show that(1+ x)(1 2)5 1 9x . (2) (Jan 2007)

Given that the coefficient of 2 is 6 times the coefficient of x, (b) find the value of k. (2)(June 2009) 11.Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (3 )6 and simplify each term.

6. (a) Find the first four terms, in ascending powers of x, in the binomial expansion of(1 + )6 where k is a non-zero constant. (3) Given that, in this expansion, the coefficients of x and 2 are equal, find (b) the value of k, (2) (c) the coefficient of 3 . (1) (June 2007)
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12.(a) Find the first 4 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (1 + ),7 wherea is a constant. Give each term in its simplest form. (4) Given that the coefficient of 2 in this expansion is 525, (b) find the possible values of a.

(2) (June 2010)

(a) Write down the value of b. (1) 40 In the binomial expansion of (1 + ) , the coefficients of 4 and 5 are p and q respectively. (b) Find the value of . (3) (Jan 2011) 14.(a) Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of(3 + )5 whereb is a non-zero constant. Give each term in its simplest form. (4)

40 13.Given that , 4

4!!

40!

3. (a) 1 + 9 + 362 2 4. 64 + 192 + 240 2

1. 243 + 810 + 1080 2

Answers (b) = 2, = 24 (b) = 4, = 576

2. (a) 1 + 12 + 662 2

Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of 2 is twice the coefficient of x, (b) find the value of b. (2)(June 2011) 15.(a) Find the first 4 terms of the binomial expansion, in ascending powers of x, of
8

5.(a) 1 10 + 40 2 80 3 +.. (b) (1 + )(1 10 +.) = 1 + 10+. 1 9 7. (a) 1 + 5 + 11.25 2 + 15 3 9. 243 810 + 1080 2

1 + 4 giving each term in its simplest form.(4)

(b) Use your expansion to estimate the value of (1.025)8 , giving your answer to 4 decimal places. (3)(Jan 2012)

6. (a) 1 + 6 + 15 2 2 + 20 3 3 32 (b) = 0.4 (c) 25

16. Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (2 3)5 giving each term in its simplest form. (4)(June 2012)

8. (a) 1 + 10 + 452 2 + 1203 3 (b) a = 0.75 10.(a) 128 + 448 + 672 2 2 (b) =
658008 91390

(b) 1.05114

17.Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of (2 5)6 giving each term in its simplest form. (4)(Jan 2013)

11. 729 1458 + 1215 2 13.(a) 36

(b) k = 4

12.(a) 1 + 7 + 212 2 + 353 3 (b) = 5 14.(a) 243 + 405 + 270 2 2 15. (a) 1 + 2 + 1.75 2 + .875 3 =
36 5

= 7.2

(b) b = 3

16. 32 240 + 720 2 17. 64 960 + 6000 2

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(b) 1.2184