CBT PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON BINOMIAL THEOREM

1. What is the coefficient of in the expansion of (a) (b)

(c) (d)
2. Using the expansion of , what is the value of x? (a) 0.5 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.005
(d) 0.0005
3. Find the value of n if the coefficient of the third term in the expansion of is zero?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4. For what values of the integer in the expansion of will have term
involving be absent? (a) (b) (c) (d)
√
5. Find the value of x to be substituted in the expansion of ( ) (a) 0.0001 (b)
0.001 (c) 0.01 (d) 0.1
6. Expand in ascending powers of x as far as the term in (a)
(b) (c) (d)

7. Find the first four terms in the expansion of in ascending power of x (a)
(b) (c) (d)

8. Find the term in in the expansion of ( ) (a) (b) (c) (d)

9. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of ( ) (a) (b) (c) (d)
10. Einstein’s theory of relativity products that if a stick of length l moves with a velocity in the

direction of its length, it will shrink by a factor √( ) where c is the speed of light, what

is the approximate low speed by taking the first two terms of the expansion? (a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 11. What is the coefficient of the fourth term in the expansion of ? (a) (b)
(c) 405 (d) 90
12. What is the square root of the greatest coefficient in the expansion of ? (a) √
(b) √ (c) √ (d) √
13. Given that , solve the equation (a) (b) (c) (d)
14. What is (a) (b) (c) (d)
15. What is (a) (b) (c) (d)
16. What is (a) (b) (c) (d)
17. What is (a) (b) (c) (d)
18. If , what is the value of n (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 10
19. If is a term in the binomial expansion of , what is the value of K? (a) 60 (b) 70
(c) 80 (d) 90
20. The coefficient of in the binomial expansion of in ascending powers of x is 40.
If b is a positive integer, what is the value of b? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. If the first three terms of the expansion of in ascending powers of x are
what are the values of n and p? (a) (b) (c)
(d)
22. Given that and are two consecutive terms in the binomial expansion of ,
what is ? (a) 5200 (b) 5150 (c) 5110 (d) 5120
23. Find the constant term in the expansion of ( ) using the binomial expansion. (a)
(b) 240 (c) 60 (d) 64
24. The relationship between combination and permutation is _____ (a) (b)
(c) (d)
25. In expansion of , for a large n, the best method to apply is (a) Pascal’s triangle (b)
binomial (c) multiplication (d) factorization
26. The symbol ( ) is used to denote the number of ______ of n things taken r at a time (a)
selection (b) permutation (c) combinations (d) organizations
27. Find the greatest coefficient in the expansion of (a) 0.0014 (b) 0.0114 (c) 0.1114
(d) 0.114
28. Find the term independent of y in the expression ( ) (a) (b)
(c) (d)
29. Express in ascending powers of x, as far as the term in (a) (b)
(c) (d)
30. Find a positive value of a which will make the coefficient of equal to that of in the
expansion of ( ) (a) √ (b) (c) (d)
√ √

SOLUTION TO CBT PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON BINOMIAL THEOREM

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 1. A.

Required to expand , but please you have to be very careful here, we are only
expected to expand and then multiply our result with

Recall:

so for and we are required to get the coefficient of

(where etc =1)

[ ]

Expanding the bracket

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Hence the coefficient of

2. C.

Given

3. B.

From where Is the coefficient of the third

term.

Hence;

4. A.

From [ ]

* +

The coefficient that involves , when

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 Hence, when , the coefficient of equal to zero, i.e. becomes zero

5. C.

√
( ) multiply both powers by

√
( )

6. C.

Given The first terms in the expansion will be of the form

( )

7. B.

Given , Taking them one after the other and later take the products of the terms
as far as the first four term i.e.

and

Hence

Expanding our final result

(multiplying the 2nd bracket by 1)

(multiplying the 2nd bracket by )

(multiplying the 2nd bracket by )

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 (multiplying the 2nd bracket by )

Retaining only terms up to

8. A.

The general formula to find any term in our expansion is

The general term will be ( ) ( )( )

Our term involving ( )

And since we are interested in the term

Therefore, (i.e. the 6th term in the expansion)

Hence the term from ( ) ( )

Where

9. C.

Instead if you wasting time showing all the expansion to the power of 12 and getting the constant
term, you should recall the general formula for any term in binomial expansion. i.e.

, where you are looking for.

Given ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Our term involving ( ) , And since we are ask to find the

term independent of x, (i.e. our constant term). Therefore we equate our term of x to a power zero,
i.e.

(i.e. our 7th term in the expansion will be a constant)

( ) ( )

( )

10. C.

Using

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Given √( ) ( ) ( )

11. B.

Recall from your Pascal triangle that the coefficient of power 5 are; 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1

Hence, the coefficient of is

12. D.

Given For greatest coefficient

and .

Therefore,

Where

, and

Hence,

√ √

13. B.

Given and compared with , we have

And , Where , Equation (2) becomes

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 , substituting

14. B.

Recall that

E.t.c.

* +

* + * +

15. D.

Recall;

And

* +

* +

Recall again that

And

Hence,

16. B.

Recall that;

E.t.c

* +

* + * +

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 17. D.

* +

* +

Recall again that;

And
[ ]
Hence, [ ][ ]

18. B.

Given cross multiplying

Recall that

Therefore,

19. C.

Recall your binomial expansion for

Given

Hence,

20. B.

Given . Since we are told the

coefficient of is 40. Therefore,

21. A.

Given

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Equating the coefficient on both sides,

And

From equation (1),

Substituting p in eqn ( )

22. D.

Given that and are two consecutive term from the expansion , therefore

Hence, our and

Therefore,

23. C.

Given ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

( ) ( ) ( )

( ) , The constant term is 60

24. B
25. B
26. C
27. B

You have to be careful with this question since it contains a negative power.

( ) . Now we can apply the general binomial expansion, provided that

| | , general term for negative power is:

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While where m is a constant and , the negative power.

Therefore, ( )

And ( )

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

( )

Hence the greatest coefficient is;

( )

28. A.

( ) , Recall; . Where , and

, To get the term that depends on

y

And for the term independent of y having gotten

Hence the term independent of y

29. C.

( ( )) ( ) ( )

Compared with where

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