Target 1.

5 Polynomials and Complex Zeros Name:

Directions: For each of the following polynomials, state the degree of the polynomial, determine all
real zeros of the polynomial and the multiplicity of each zero.

1. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4(𝑥 + 3)2 (𝑥 − 1) 2. 𝑔(𝑥) = −2𝑥(𝑥 − 5)3 (𝑥 + 1)2

Degree of polynomial: _______ Degree of polynomial: _______

Zeros (with multiplicity): ______________________ Zeros (with multiplicity): _____________________

3. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 − 𝑒) 4. 𝑘(𝑥) = −3(𝑥 + 7)4 (2𝑥 + 1)2

Degree of polynomial: _______ Degree of polynomial: _______

Zeros (with multiplicity): ______________________ Zeros (with multiplicity): _____________________

5. 𝑦 = (𝑥 2 − 9)(𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4) 6. 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 10𝑥 2 + 25𝑥

Degree of polynomial: _______ Degree of polynomial: _______

Zeros (with multiplicity): ______________________ Zeros (with multiplicity): _____________________

7. 𝑚(𝑥) = (𝑥 2 − 1)(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1) 8. 𝑗(𝑥) = 4𝑥 3 (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 8)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 20)

Degree of polynomial: _______ Degree of polynomial: _______

Zeros (with multiplicity): ______________________ Zeros (with multiplicity): _____________________

Directions: Given the following complex zeros of a polynomial function, determine the conjugate
that must also be a zero for the given polynomial.
9. 𝑥 = 3 − 2𝑖 10. 𝑥 = −4 + 6𝑖 11. 𝑥 = 5 + 𝑖

12. 𝑥 = −1 − 𝑖 13. 𝑥 = 4𝑖 14. 𝑥 = −3𝑖

Directions: A polynomial has the following zeros. Determine the least possible degree of the
polynomial.
15. 𝑥 = 3 (multiplicity 2), 𝑥 = 3𝑖, and 𝑥 = 4 − 𝑖

16. 𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 = −1 (multiplicity 3), 𝑥 = 5 (multiplicity 2), and 𝑥 = −1 + 5𝑖

Directions: Factor the following expressions, if possible. If the expression cannot be factored, write
“Not Factorable”.

17. 𝑥 2 − 25 18. 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 19. (𝑥 2 − 49)(𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 14)

20. (𝑥 2 + 4)(𝑥 2 + 9) 21. 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 6 22. (2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 12)

Target 1.5 Polynomial Functions and Complex Zeros Name:

Directions: The following tables give values of several polynomial functions. Determine the degree of
each polynomial.

1. 2. 3.
x f ( x) x g ( x) x h ( x)

1 5 −3 3 1 −7

4 7 −1 4 2 −3

7 4 1 4 3 1

10 −2 3 3 4 6

13 −9 5 1 5 13

16 −15 7 −2 6 23

4. 5. 6.
x k ( x) x p ( x) x M ( x)

−4 12 0 −7 −2 40

−2 7 4 −5 −1 22
0 2 8 −7 0 9

2 −3 12 −8 1 1
4 −8 16 −5 2 −2
6 −13 20 3 3 0

x a −4 −1 1 b 12 17

g ( x) −17 −11 a +b c 11 17 23

7. Let g be an odd function that is strictly increasing. Selected values of g ( x ) are given in the table
above. Find the values of the constants a, b, and c .
Directions: The graphs of two odd functions are given below on the interval −6  x  0 . Use
properties of odd functions to sketch the graph of each function on the interval 0  x  6 .
8. 9.

Directions: The graphs of two even functions are given below on the interval −6  x  0 . Use
properties of even functions to sketch the graph of each function on the interval 0  x  6 .
10. 11.
Target 1.5 Polynomial Functions and Complex Zeros Name:

Directions: The graphs several polynomial functions are shown below. Use the graphs to find all
intervals of x that satisfy the given conditions.

1. 2.

1a. f ( x )  0 : ______________________ 2a. g ( x )  0 : _______________________

1b. f ( x ) = 0 : ______________________ 2b. g ( x )  0 : _______________________

3. 4.

3a. h ( x )  0 : ______________________ 4a. k ( x )  0 : _______________________

3b. h ( x ) = 0 : ______________________ 4b. k ( x )  0 : _______________________

Directions: Solve the following inequalities.

5. 3 x ( x + 1)( x − 2 )  0 6. −2 ( x + 3)( x − 6 )  0

7. 4 ( x − 2 )( x − 7 )  0 8. −7 x ( x + 4 )  0
2 2 2

9. x ( x + 8) ( x − 3)  0 ( x + 5)( x − 1)( x − 9) 0
2 2
10.

11. − x ( x + 4 ) ( x − 2) 0 12. x ( x + 7 )( x − 4 )  0
2 2 3 2

13. x − 2 x − 48  0
2
14. (x 2
− 9 )( x 2 + 2 x − 3)  0
Directions: Solve the following inequalities.

15. x − 8 x + 16 x  0 16. x + 5 x  0
3 2 4 3

17. x + 5 x  8 x + 18 18. x − 7 x  5 x − 36
2 2

19. The function f is given by f ( x ) = 2 x + 5 x − 1 and the function g is given by g ( x ) = x + x + 4 .

2 2

Find all intervals where f ( x )  g ( x ) .

20. The function h is given by h ( x ) = x − 6 x and the function k is given by k ( x ) = 3 x . Find all
4 2 2

intervals where h ( x )  k ( x ) .
Target 1.5 Even and Odd Functions Name:

𝑥 𝑓(𝑥)

−1 5

2 −4

3 −6

5 −11
1. The continuous function 𝑓(𝑥) is odd and decreasing with selected values shown in the table
above. Use the table to find the following.
a) 𝑓(−2) = b) 𝑓(1) = c) If 𝑓(𝑥) = 11 then 𝑥 =

d) Find the average rate of change of 𝑓(𝑥) over the interval −3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5.

𝑥 𝑔(𝑥)

−5 −9

−2 −7

−1 𝑐

𝑎 7

5 𝑏

2. The continuous function 𝑔(𝑥) is odd and increasing with selected values shown in the table above.

a) Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.

b) If the average rate of change of 𝑔(𝑥) over the interval [−1, 5] is 2 find the value of 𝑐.
 𝑥 −4 −2 −1 1 𝑏 4
ℎ(𝑥) 𝑎 8 𝑎+𝑏 𝑐 8 7

3. Let ℎ(𝑥) be an even function with selected values shown in the table above. Find the values of
𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑐.

Graph of k
4. The function 𝑘 is an even function with domain −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6. A portion of the graph of 𝑘 is shown
above with the portions from −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ −3 and 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3 missing from the graph. Use the graph to find
the following.

a) 𝑘(−5) = b) 𝑘(−4) = c) 𝑘(2) =

d) Find the average rate of change of 𝑘 over the interval [−6, 6].

e) On the graph above, draw the missing portions for the graph of 𝑘.
 Graph of g
5. The function 𝑔 is an odd function with domain −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6. A portion of the graph of 𝑔 is shown
above with parts of the graph missing. Use the graph to find the following.

a) 𝑔(5) = b) 𝑔(−1) = c) 𝑔(−2) = d) 𝑔(4) =

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 ℎ(𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 5 𝑘(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 5 + 4𝑥 3

6. Equations for the functions 𝑓, ℎ, 𝑘, and 𝑝 are shown above. Use these equations to determine if
the following functions are even, odd, or neither. Show the work that leads to your answer.

a) 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) − ℎ(𝑥) b) 𝑦 = 𝑘(𝑥) − 𝑓(𝑥)

c) 𝑦 = 𝑝(𝑥) − 10𝑥 d) 𝑦 = 𝑝(𝑥) + 𝑓(𝑥)