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Synthetic Division Worksheet with Answer Key

7 problems on synthetic division: setting up the corner number and coefficients, dividing by x plus or minus a number and by a linear factor with leading coefficient 3, finding a student's tableau error, and dividing twice by the same factor. 2 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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  1. Set up each synthetic division with the corner number and top row, without dividing.
    (x^3 - 5x + 2) \div (x + 4)(x^5 - 3x^2) \div (x + 1)(6x^3 + 5x - 1) \div (2x + 1)(7x - x^4) \div (x + 2)
  2. Divide a cubic by x plus 5 with synthetic division.
  3. Divide a quartic by x minus 2 with synthetic division.
  4. Divide a cubic by 3x minus 1 with synthetic division.
  5. Find the mistake in Layla's tableau for dividing by x plus 2.
  6. Divide a cubic by x minus 2 twice and interpret the remainders.
  7. Fill in the smudged entries of a synthetic division and write the divisor, dividend, quotient and remainder.

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