EXERCISE 3A

Factorise:
1.9x'+12xy 2. 18xy-24xyz
3. 27a°b³ - 45a'b² 4. 2a(x+ y) - 3b(x +y)
5. 2r(p°+ q) +4y(p° +q) 6. x(a-5) + y(5-a)
7. 4(a+ b) -6(a +b)² 8. 8(3a-2b)-10(3a-2b)
9. x(x+y)'-3x y(x+y) 10. x°+2x+5x+10
11. **+ xy- 2xz- 2yz 12. a'b-a'b+ 5ab-56
13. 8- 4a- 2a°+a 14. -2r'y+ 3ry' -6y
15. px-5q + pq-5x 16. x*+y- xy-x
17. (3a -1)-6a +2 18. (2x-3)-8x+ 12
19. a' +a-3a-3 20. 3ax- 6ay- 8by+ 4bx
21. abx +a'x+b'x+ ab 22, x - f t ax+x-a-1
23. 2x +4y -8xy-1 24. ab(r +y- xyla'+ b)
25. a+ ab(b + 1) + b 26. a'+ ab(1 - 2a)-2b
27. 2a* + bc- 2ab- ac 28. (ax +by)' +(bx- ay)
29. ala +b-c)- bc 30. ala-2b- c)+ 2bc
31. a'x +(ax'+ 1)x +a 32. abr +1) +x(a²+ b²)
33. x*- (a+ b)x +ab 34. x'+-2-3x+
 EXERCISE 3B
Factorise:

1. 9r-16y 2.

3. 81- 16x 4. 5-20x

5. 2x*-32 6. 3a°b- 243ab
7. 3*-48x 8. 27a-486
9. x-643 10. 8ab'-18
11. 150-6x 12. 2- 50x2
13. 20x-45 14. (3a +5b)- 4c?
15. a'-b-a-b 16. 4a-96-2a-3b
17. a-b?+2bc- c 18. 4a- 4b+ 4a +1
19. a+ 2ab +b²-9c? 20. 1084-3(b-c)'
21. (a +b)-a-b 22. x'+y'-z-2xy
23. x*+2ry +y-a'+ 2ab- b² 24. 25x- 10x+1-36y'
25. a-b-a'+b² 26. a-b-4ac + 4c
27. 9-a+2ab-b² 28. x-5x-x+5
29. 1+2ab- (a+ b) 30. 9a*+ 6a +1-36b
31. x-y+6y-9 32. 4x*-9y'-2r-3y
33. 9a+ 3a-8b-64b 34.

4
35. x-2+ 36. x*+

37. x-1 38. 16x*-1

39. 81x*-y 40. x-625
 EXERCISE 3C
Factorise:
1. x+11x+ 30 2. x+ 18x+ 32
3. x+ 20x- 69 4. x+ 19x-150
5. **+7x-98 6. x'+2/3x- 24
7. x*-21r+ 90 8. x- 22x + 120
9. x*-4x+3 10. x*+7N6x+60
11. x+3/3x+6 12. x²+66x+48
13. **+5/5x+30 14. x*-24x-180
15. x-32x- 105 16. x-11x- 80
17. 6-x 18. x²-V3x-6
19. 40+ 3x-x 20. x*-26x +133
21. x-2/3r-24 22. x*-3/5x-20
23. X²+2x-24 24. x-2y2x-30
25. x-x- 156 26. x*-32x-105
27. 9x+ 18x +8 28. 6x+ 17x+ 12
29. 18x*+3x-10 30. 2x*+ 11x- 21
31. 15x +2x-8 32. 21x+ 5x-6
33. 24x*-41x+ 12 34. 3x- 14x + 8
35. 2x+ 3r90 36. 5x°+ 2r-3/5
37. 2\3x²+x-5/3 38. 7x+ 2/14x +2
39. 6/3x-47x +53 40. 5/5x?+ 20x +3/5
41. /3x'+ 10x+ 8\3 42. /2x²+ 3x+ 2
43. 2x?+3/3x+3 44. 15x--28
45. 6x*-5x-21 46. 2x-7x-15
47. 5x- 16x-21 48. 6x-11x-35
49. 9x-3x-20 50. 10x*-9x-7
51. *-2x+16 52. ;-2x-9
53. x°+35*t35 54. 21x- 2x+
21
3
55. x+ 16x+ 10 56.

57. 58.
2x-x+
59. 2(x +y)'-9(r+y)-5 60. 9(2a -b)²- 4(2a - b) 13
61. 7(x-2y)-25(x- 2y) +12 62. 10(3*+-(sr+)-3
63.
a(2r-*7(2r--20 64. (a+ 2b) + 101(a + 2b) + 100
65. 4x*+7x'-2
66. Evaluate (999)-1}.
 EXERCISE 3D
1. Expand
(i) (a+ 2b+ 5c) (ii) (2a -b +c)² (ii) (a-2b-3c)²
2. Expand
(i) (2a-5b-7c)² (ii) (-3a + 4b- 5c) (ii)
Factorise
3. 4r +9y+162*+ 12ry -24y2- 16zx
4. 9x*+16y+4z- 24xy+ 16yz- 12xz
5. 25*'+4y' +92-20:xy-12yz +30xz
6. 16x'+4y'+92-16xy -12yz +24xz
7. Evaluate
(i) (99)? (ii) (995)2 (ii) (107)²
 EXERCISE 3E
1. Expand
(i) (3x + 2)* ) (34+
2. Expand
(i) (5a-36)* (ii) (ii)
Factorise
3. 8a'+276+ 36a'b +54ab?
4. 64a'- 27b- 144a'b+ 108ab
5. 1+
27 9a, 27a
1254°++
5 25

6. 125x-27y'- 225x*y +135xy²

7. a'x-3a bx +3abx-b
64 96
8. 5 a-8
25
9. a'-12a(a - 4) - 64
10. Evaluate
(i) (103) (i) (99)
 EXERCISE 3F
Factorise
1. x°+27 2. 27a' + 64b
3. 125a° + 4. 216x3+!
125
5. 16x*+ 54x 6. 7a' +56b
7. x°+x 8. a°+0.008
9. 1-27a 10. 640-343
11. x'-512 12. a'-0.064
13. 8 3 1
14. 216
-8y
27y
15. x-8ry 16. 32x*-500x
17. 3a'b-81a'b 18. x*y*-xy
19. 8ry' 20. 1029-3r
21. x°-729 22. x'-y
23. (a+ b)- (a-b) 24. 8a-b- 4ax +2bx
25. a'+ 3a'b+3ab² +b³-8 26. a'-- 2a +
27. 2a' +16b-5a- 10b 28. a° + bó
29. a - b12 30. x°-7x-8
31. x°-3r+3x+7 32. (r+ 1)+ (r-1)³
33. (2a +1°+ (a-1) 34. 8(x+ y)-27(x-y)
35. (x +2)+ (r-2)* 36. (x +2)*- (r-2)*
37. Prove that 0.85 X0.85 X 0.85 +0.15 × 0.15 X0.15
0g5 X 0 85-0.85 X0.15+0.15 X0.15 1.

59 X 59 x 59-9 x9X9
38. Prove that
59 X 59+59 X9+9X9 =50.
 EXERCISE 3G
Find the product.
1. (r+y-z) ( +y'+z-xy t yz+ zx)
2. (r-y-z) (r+y'+ztxy-yz +xz)
3. (r-2y+ 3)(* + 4y' +2ry +6y -3r+9)
4. (3r-5y+ 4)(9x* +25y +15xy - 20y +12x +16)
Factorise:
5. 1254° +b°+64c60abc 6. a'+8b +64c-24abc
7. 1+b+ 8c'-6bc 8. 216+ 27b°+ 8c-108bc
9. 27a'-b'+8c+ 18abc 10. 8a +125b-64c+120abc
11. 8-275- 343c-126bc 12. 125-8x-27y'-90xy
13. 2/2a'+16/2b°+ -12abc 14. 27r-y'-z'-9xyz
15. 2/2a'+3/3b'+c-3/6abc 16. 3/3a'-b'-5/5e-3/15abc
17. (a-b)+(6-c)°+ (c-a) 18. (a-3b)°+(3b-c)*+(c-a)³
19. (3a- 2b)' +(2b-5c)°+ (5c-3a)
20. (5a-7b)°+ (7b-9c)' +(9c- 5a)
21. a (0-c)'+ b'(c-a)°+cla-b)³
22. Evaluate
(i) -12)+7°+5 (i) (28)°+ (15)°+(-13)³
23. Prove that (a+ b+ c)'-a'-b-c= 3(a+ b)(b +c)(c+ a).
24. If a, b, c are all nonzero anda+b+c=0, prove that
c
=3.
bc ca' ab
25. Ifa+ btc=9 and a'+b'+c= 35, nd the value of (a +b'+c-3abc).
 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)
Choose the correct answer in each of the following questions.
1. If (x+ 1) is a factor of the polynomial (2r+ kr) then the value of kis
(a) -2 (b) -3 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. The value of (249)-(248)' is
(a) 1' (b) 477 (c) 487 (d) 497
3. If +=-1,
y where x, y +0 then the value of (*-y' is
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d)
4. Ifa+b+tc=0then (a'+b°+c) is
(a) 0 (b) abc (c) 2abc (d) 3abc
 5.
If(3r+3r-=9-p then the value of pis
(a) 0 (b) - (c) 14
6. The coef cient of x in the expansion of (r+3) is
(a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 18 (d) 27
7. Which of the following is a factor of (r +y)°-(r+)?
(a) x'+y'+ 2ry (b) x+y'- xy (c) xy' (d) 3xy
8. One of the factors of (25*-1) +(1 +5x) is
(a) 5+x (b) 5-x (c) 5x-1 (d) 10x
9. If(x+5) is a factor of p(x)=-20x+ 5k thenk=?
(a) -5 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) -3
10. If («+ 2) and (r -1) are factors of(r +10x*+ mx+n) then
(a) m=5, n =-3 (b) m=7, n=-18
(c) m=17, n =-8 (d) m= 23, n=-19
11. (104 x96) =?
(a) 9894 (b) 9984 (c) 9684 (d) 9884
12. (305X 308) =?
(a) 94940 (b) 93840 (c) 93940 (d) 94840
13. (207 X193) =?
(a) 39851 (b) 39951 (c) 39961 (d) 38951
14. 4a+ b +4ab +81+4b+4=?
(a) (2a +b+ 2) (b) (2ab+2)
(c) (a+ 2b+ 2) (d) None of these
15. (**-4x-21) =?
(a) (*-7)(*-3) (b) (x+7) (x-3)
(c) (x-7)(*+ 3) (d) None of these
16. (4x +4x-3) = ?
(a) (2r-1)(2x -3) (b) (2r+ 1)(2x-3)
(c) (2r+3)(2x-1) (d) None of these
17. 6x*+ 17x+5=?
(a) (2x+ 1) (3x +5) (b) (2x+5) (3x + 1)
(c) (6x+ 5) (x+1) (d) None of these
18. (x+1) is a factor of the polynomial
(a) x-2'+x+2 (b) x+2r+x-2
(c) x°+2x-x-2 (d) x'+2r-x+2
19. 3r°+ 2x'+3x+2 =?
(a) (3x- 2) (x-1) (b) (3x-2)(r +1)
(c) (3x+ 2)(*-1) (d) (3x+ 2) (r*+1)
20. Ifa +b+c=0 then,bc
\bc Ca ab
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
21. If x+y+z=9 and xy t yz +zr= 23, the value of (r +y'+z'-3xyz) =?
(a) 108 (b) 207 (c) 669 (d) 729
a b
22. If +=-1then (a'-b) =?
(a) -3 (b) -2 (c) -1 (d) 0