HCF & LCM of Polynomials

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1 HCF stands for

Highest common factor
Lowest common factor
Highest common factor

2 LCM can also be written as

Greatest common multiple
Lowest common division
Lowest common multiple

3 HCF and LCM can be found by

Squaring method
Division method
Substraction

4 L.C.M X G.C.D =

Square of polynomials
product of polynomials
Sum of polynomials

5 The two metods of finding HCF are

Multiplication and squaring
Completing squares and additions
Factorisation and succesive division

6 Sometimes polynomials can not be resolved into

Numbers
Factors
Alphabets

7 In the method of successive divisions the first step is

arranging polynomials in descending powers
adding the polynomials
seperating the polynomials

8 LCM can be found out with the help of following 2 methods

Division & Multiplication
Addition & Subtraction
Factorisation and with help of HCF

9 Product of GCD and LCM = mxn if m and n are

odd numbers
natural numbers
even numbers

10 The process of finding HCF and LCM of positive integers and also of polynomials

can not be defined
differ
exactly same

11 The HCF of 27x2 and 36x is

9x
3x2
12x

12 The HCF of 48x2 and 56x is

7x2
8x
6x

13 The HCF of 13x2and 18x3 is

6x2
12x
3x2

14 If (x-a) is the divisior of x2-4x+3 and x2+3x-3 then a2-4a+3 and a2+3a-3 is equal to

1
Zero
-1

15 Common factor of any two monomials is the

LCM of the monomials
Multiple of one monomial
HCF of the monomial

16 The HCF of (x2-4) and -(4-x2) is

(x-2) (x+2)
(x+2)
(x-2)2

17 The HCF of two polynomials is

Highest numerator of them
Highest common divisor of them.
Highest multiple of them
None

18 If the HCF of x2-2x-24 and x2-ax-6 is x-6 then the value of a is

2
10
5

19 If the HCF of x2-zx-2 and x2-3x+2 is ( x-2 ) then the value of z is

1
0
-1

20 The division of m2-m-8 is (m-a) so

(m-a)2 =8
(m-a) =8
a2-a-8=0

21 The LCM of 4x2 and 6x is

4x
12x2
3x2

22 Find c if x-1 is a factor of x2+cx+1

1
2
-2

23 Find the LCM of x2+3x+2 and (x-1)

(x-1)(x-2)
(x+1)2
(x+2)(x-1)

24 Find the LCM of x(x-1)(x+1)2 and x2(x-1)2(x+1)

x(x-1)(x+1)
(x+1)x
x2(x-1)2(x+1)2

25 Find the LCM of x2-1 and x4+2x2-3

(x2-1)(x2+3)
(x-1)(x+3)
(x+3)2

26 The GCD of two polynomials (x4+x+1) and (x2+1) is

2
1
-2

27 x+1 is the factor of

2x2-x-2
x2-1
3x2+5x+6

28 The LCM of 96x2y3z4 and 32x2yz2 is

96x4y3z4
132xyz3
16x3yz3

29 The HCF of two polynomials is x2(x-a) and their LCM is 36x3(x+a) (x3-a3). If one of the polynomials is 4x2(x2-a2) the other is

(x-a)2(x+a)
9x(x2+xa+a2)
(x+a)(x-a)3

30 The HCF of two polynomials is x2+x+1 and their LCM is x4+x2+1. If one of them is x2+x+1 then the other is

x2+1
x3-x2+1
x4+x2+1