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Conjugate roots worksheet

A polynomial with whole-number coefficients cannot have just one of a conjugate pair as a root. If 2 minus i is a root then 2 plus i is too, and that is what lets you build the whole polynomial from part of the list.

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Polynomials and Conjugate Roots

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Write or factor each polynomial as asked.

  1. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 9 and −3+2i
  2. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 3−6
  3. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −8 and −2+5
  4. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 6 and 2−2i
  5. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −4+i
  6. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and −1+25
  7. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −9 and 2+2i
  8. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 4+2i
  9. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −9 and −5+2i
  10. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −5−i
  11. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 3−2i
  12. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 2−26
  13. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 8 and −2+25
  14. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 2+27
  15. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −10 and 2+25
  16. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 7 and 2−i
  17. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −5+2i
  18. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and −2+25
  19. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −10 and 2−7
  20. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 9 and −4−6

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Polynomials and Conjugate RootsAnswer keyVersion 1

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Write or factor each polynomial as asked.

  1. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 9 and −3+2ix3−3x2−41x−117
  2. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 3−6x3−33x+18
  3. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −8 and −2+5x3+12x2+31x−8
  4. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 6 and 2−2ix3−10x2+32x−48
  5. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −4+ix3+15x2+73x+119
  6. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and −1+25x3+8x2−7x−114
  7. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −9 and 2+2ix3+5x2−28x+72
  8. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 4+2ix3−2x2−28x+120
  9. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −9 and −5+2ix3+19x2+119x+261
  10. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −5−ix3+17x2+96x+182
  11. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 3−2ix3−23x+78
  12. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 2−26x3+2x2−44x−120
  13. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 8 and −2+25x3−4x2−48x+128
  14. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and 2+27x3+2x2−48x−144
  15. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −10 and 2+25x3+6x2−56x−160
  16. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 7 and 2−ix3−11x2+33x−35
  17. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −7 and −5+2ix3+17x2+99x+203
  18. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −6 and −2+25x3+10x2+8x−96
  19. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −10 and 2−7x3+6x2−43x−30
  20. Write a polynomial of least degree with roots 9 and −4−6x3−x2−62x−90

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How to do these

Least degree with roots 3 and 2−i

  1. 2 plus i has to be a root as well.
  2. The pair multiplies to x squared minus 4x plus 5.
  3. Multiply that by x minus 3.

The answer is x3−7x2+17x−15.

Where students go wrong

Using only the root you were given. One complex root on its own gives a polynomial with complex coefficients, which is not what the question wants. Bring its partner along.

Also called complex conjugate root theorem, imaginary roots or irrational conjugates.

What you can put on this worksheet

A polynomial from its roots
Write a polynomial of least degree with roots −3 and 2+i → x3−x2−7x+15
Factor, given one complex root
Factor completely, given that x=2+i is a root: x3−2x2−3x+10 → (x+2)(x2−4x+5)

Questions about these worksheets

Yes. Every conjugate roots sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.

Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.

Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.

Precalculus is usually taken around 11th or 12th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.

That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the conjugate roots questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.

Yes. There are two levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

You pick from 2: a polynomial from its roots and factor, given one complex root. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.

Using only the root you were given. One complex root on its own gives a polynomial with complex coefficients, which is not what the question wants. Bring its partner along.