Class Sheet |AL1|Identities and Basics of Algebra

1. Classify the following polynomials as monomials, binomials, trinomials. Which polynomials

do not fit in any of these three categories:
i. x + y vi. 2y – 3y2 + 4y3 xi. p2q
ii. 1000 vii. 5x – 4y + 3xy xii. pq2
iii. x + x2 + x3+ x4 viii. 4z – 15z2 xiii. 2p + 2q
iv. 7 + y + 5x ix. ab + bc + cd + da
v. 2y – 3y2 x. pqr

2. Add the following:

i. ab – bc, bc – ca, ca – ab
ii. a – b + ab, b – c +bc, c – a + ac
iii. 2p2q2 – 3pq + 4,5 + 7pq 3p2q2
iv. l2 + m2, m2 + n2, n2 + l2+ 2lm + 2mn + 2nl

3. Simplify:
i. (x2 – 5)(x + 5) + 25
ii. (a2 + 5)(b2 + 3) + 5
iii. (t + s2)(t2 – s)
iv. (a + b)(c – d) + (a – b)(c + d) +2 (ac + bd)
v. (x + y)(2x + y) + (x + 2y)(x – y)
vi. (x + y)(x2 – xy + y2)
vii. (1.5x – 4y)(1.5x + 4y + 3) -4.5x + 12y
viii. (a + b + c)(a + b – c)

4. The number of solutions of the equation 2x + y = 40 where both x and y are positive integers
and x ≤ y is:
A. 7 C. 14 E. 20
B. 13 D. 18

5. If √x + 1/√x = 5, find the value of x2 + 1/x2 ?

6. The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was
five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:
A. 12 years B. 14 years C. 18 years D. 20 years

7. 2x + 5y = 103. Find the number of pairs of positive integers x and y that satisfy this equation.
A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 20

8. a1x + b1y + c1z = d1

a2x + b2y + c2z = d2
a3x + b3y + c3z = d3
Which of the following statements if true would imply that the above system of equations does
not have a unique solution?
a1 b1 c1 d1
A. = = ≠
a 2 b2 c 2 d2
a1 a 2 b1 b2
B. = ; =
a 2 a3 b 2 b3
C. a1, a2, a3 are integers; b1, b2, b3 are rational numbers, c1, c2, c3 are irrational numbers

9. If (3x+2y-22)2 + (4x-5y+9)2 = 0 and 5x-4y = 0. Find the value of x+y.

A. 7 B. 9 C. 11 D. 13

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10. What is the value of (x2 - y 2 )/(x - y) when x = 117 and y = 118
A. 135 B. 117 C. 175 D. 235

11. If x2 - y2 = 28 and x - y = 8, then the average of x and y is

A. 1.75 B. 3.5 C. 7 D. 10

12. 4x3 + ax2 – bx + 3 divided by x – 2 leaves remainder 2, divided by x + 3 leaves remainder 3.

Find remainder when it is divided by x + 2.
A. 26.8 B. 29.2 C. 32.2 D. 35.2

13. A merchant decides to sell off 100 articles a week at a selling price of Rs. 150 each. For each
4% rise in the selling price he sells 3 less articles a week. If the selling price of each article is Rs x,
then which of the below expression represents the rupees a week the merchant will receive
from the sales of the articles?
A. 175 - x/2 C. 350 - x2/2
B. x/3 + 156 D. x2 - 2x + 75

14. Solve the following system of equations

x−2y+3z=7
2x+y+z=4
−3x+2y−2z=−10

15. A system of equations has 3 equations

3x + 4y + 5z = 11, 4x + 5y + 3z = 14 and 2x + 3y + kz = 6.
If the system of equations has no solution, find k.

16. Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they
paid their bill and noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sita took 1/3 of the mints, but
returned four because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Fatima then took 1/4 of what was left
but returned three for similar reasons. Eswari then took half of the remainder but threw two
back into the bowl. The bowl had only 17 mints left when the raid was over. How many mints
were originally in the bowl?
A. 38 B.31 C.41 D.None of these

17. There were a hundred schools in a town. Of these, the number of schools having a play –
ground was 30, and these schools had neither a library nor a laboratory. The number of schools
having a laboratory alone was twice the number of those having a library only. The number of
schools having a laboratory as well as a library was one fourth the number of those having a
laboratory alone. The number of schools having either a laboratory or a library or both was 35.
What was the ratio of schools having laboratory to those having library?
A. 1 : 2 B. 5 : 3 C. 2 : 1 D. 2 : 3

18. The expenses of a hostel are partly fixed and partly variable. It costs $120 per head per day if
there are 20 students and $110 per head per day if there are 25 students. What will be the cost
per head per day if the number of students increases to 40?
A. 105 C. 95 E. 75
B. 100 D. 80

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19. Using only 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 paise coins, what will be the minimum number of coins
required to pay exactly 78 paise, 69 paise, and Re. 1.01 to three different persons?
A. 19 B. 20 C. 17 D. 1

20. At a certain place, there are some rabbits and some peacocks. The total number of heads is
78 and the total number of legs is 240. Find the number of peacocks and rabbits.

21. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If the digits are reversed then the number
formed exceeds the original number by 27. Find the two digit number.

22. If p + q = 13 and pq = 11, find the value of p3 + q3?

23. If x is a number such that x2 – 3x + 2 =0 and x2 –x –2= 0, what is the value of x？

A. –2 C. 0 E. 2
B. –1 D. 1

24. If one root of the equation 2x2 + 3x – k = 0 is 6, what is the value of k?

A. 90 B. 42 C. 18 D. 10

25. 3 x 2  2 x  8 
A. (3x + 4)(x - 2) C. (3x + 2)(x - 4) E. None of the above
B. (3x - 4)(x + 2) D. (3x - 2)(x + 4)


26. 7  7 2

A. 98 C. 28 E. 14
B. 49 D. 21

27. If 2 x 2  4 x  5  x 2  2 x  x 2  5 , then x 2 
A. 0 C. 10 E. 100
B. 4 D. 25

28. If ( x 2  6 x  9)  6( x  3)  9  0 , then x =
A. -6 C. 0 E. 6
B. -3 D. 3
 a  b   b  c    c  a
2 2 2 2 2 2
29. If = 4(ab + bc + ca) and a = 1, then a  b  c 
A. 0 C. 12 E. Data insufficient
B. 3 D. 27
1 1 1
30. If pqr = 1, the value of the expression 1
 1
 is equal to
1p  q 1qr 1  r  p1
A. p + q + r C. 1
1 D. p 1  q1  r 1
B.
1  r  p1

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