AS CIE Maths 2 hours 39 questions

4.1 Binomial
Expansion
4.1.1 Binomial Expansion

Easy (9 questions) /28

Medium (10 questions) /40 Scan here for your answers

or visit savemyexams.com
Hard (10 questions) /38

Very Hard (10 questions) /40

Total Marks /146

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 1
Easy Questions
1 Evaluate

(i) 4!
(ii) 5C
2
(iii) 6C
3

(3 marks)

2 Show that, for all values of k ,

kC =k
1

(2 marks)

3 Expand (x + 2) 4 .

(3 marks)

4 Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (3 + 2x ) 8 .

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 2
 (3 marks)

5 Find the coefficient of the x 2 term in the expansion of (2 − x ) 5 .

(3 marks)

6 Expand . (2x − 3) 6 .

(3 marks)

7 In the expansion of (p + x ) 12 , the coefficient of the x 5 term is 12 976 128.

Find the value of p .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 3
8 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (5 + 2x ) 5 .

(3 marks)

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to estimate the value of (5 . 04) 5 .

(2 marks)

9 In the expansion of (p + x ) 4 , where p is a non-zero constant, the coefficient of the x 2

term is twice the coefficient of the x term. Find the value of p .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 4
Medium Questions
1 Expand (2 + x ) 4 .

(3 marks)

2 Find the coefficient of the term in x 3 in the expansion of (2 − x ) 8 .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 5
3 (a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (3 + x ) 4 .

(3 marks)

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to estimate (3 . 1) 4 .

(2 marks)

4 In the expansion of ( a − x ) 4 , the coefficient of the x 2 term is 96.

Given that a > 0 , find the value of a .

(2 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 6
5 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (9 − 2x ) 5 .

(3 marks)

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to estimate (8 . 9) 5 .

(2 marks)

6 In the expansion of ( a − 2x ) 5 , the coefficient of the x 2 term is equal to the coefficient of

the x 3 term. Find the value of a .

(4 marks)

7 In the expansion of (3 + px ) 6 , the coefficient of the x 4 term is four times the coefficient
of the x 2 term. Find the possible values of p .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 7
8 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (3 + 2x ) 8 .

(3 marks)

(b) Given that x is small such that x 3 and higher powers of x can be ignored show that

(1 + x ) (3 + 2x ) 8 ≈ 6561 + 41553x + 116640x 2

(3 marks)

9 In the expansion of (p + qx ) 5 , the coefficients of the x 2 term and the x 3 term are equal.

Find p in terms of q .

(4 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 8
10 (a) In the expansion of ( a + bx ) 4 , the coefficient of the x 2 term is equal to the coefficient of
the x 3 term.

a 2
Show that = .
b 3

(3 marks)

(b) Given that a and b are integers, and that 10 < b < 15 , find the values of a and b .

(2 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 9
Hard Questions
1 Fully expand (4 − x ) 4 .

(3 marks)

1
2 Fully expand (2 − 3 x ) 4 .

(4 marks)

3 Find the coefficient of the term in x 4 in the expansion of (3 + 2x ) 9 .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 10
4 (a) Find the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (5 − 2x ) 4 .

(3 marks)

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to estimate (4 . 5) 4 .

(2 marks)

5 In the expansion of (4 − px ) 6 , the coefficient of the x 4 term is 19 440.

Given that p is a positive integer find the value of p .

(3 marks)

6 In the expansion of (3a − 2x ) 6, the coefficient of the x 3 term is equal to the coefficient
of the x 4 term. Find the value of a .

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 11
7 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (2 − 3x ) 7 .

(3 marks)

(b) Given that x is small such that x 3 and higher powers of x can be ignored show that

(1 − 2x ) (2 − 3x ) 7 ≈ 128 − 1600x + 8736x 2

(3 marks)

8 In the expansion of (p + qx ) 8 , the coefficients of the x 2 term and the x 6 term are equal.

Find p in terms of q .

(3 marks)

9 In the expansion of (1 + x ) n , the coefficient of the x 3 term is 84.

Find the value of n .

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 12
 (3 marks)

10 In the expansion of ( a + bx ) 4, the coefficient of the x 3 term is 216.

In the expansion of ( a + bx ) 6, the coefficient of the x 4 term is 4860.

Find the possible values of a and b .

(5 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 13
Very Hard Questions
1 Expand . (3 − 2x ) 5

(3 marks)

2 Find the coefficient of the term in x 4 in the expansion of (4 − 3x ) 7 . .

(3 marks)

3 Given that n C = 35 find the value of n .

3

(3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 14
4 (a) Use the first three terms, in ascending powers of x , in the expansion of (3 − 5x ) 4 to find
an approximation for (2 . 6) 4 .

(5 marks)

(b) Using your calculator, find the percentage error in the approximation from part (a) to the
exact value of (2 . 6) 4 .

(2 marks)

1
5 In the expansion of ( m − 4 x ) 5 , the coefficient of the x 3 term is -10.
Find the possible values of m .

(3 marks)

1
6 In the expansion of (3a + 2 x ) 6 , the coefficient of the x 3 term is equal to the coefficient
m
of the x 5 term. Find the values of a , giving your answers in the form , where m
n
and n are integers to be found.

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 15
 (3 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 16
7 (a) Find the first three terms in the expansion of (4 − 3x ) 9 .

(3 marks)

(b) Given that x is small such that x 3 and higher powers of x can be ignored show that

(3 − 2x 2) (4 − 3x ) 9 ≈ 786432 − 5308416x + 15400960x 2

(3 marks)

8 In the expansion of (p + qx ) 9 , the coefficient of the x 3 term is double that of the x 5

term. Find p in terms of q .

(3 marks)

9 In the expansion of (1 − 3x ) n , the coefficient of the x 3 term is -3240.

Find the value of n .

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 17
 (4 marks)

10 In the expansion of ( a + bx ) 8, the coefficient of the x 5 term is -870 912.

In the expansion of ( a + bx ) 12 , the coefficient of the x 3 term is -1 557 135 360.

Find the possible values of a and b .

(5 marks)

© 2024 Save My Exams, Ltd. Get more and ace your exams at savemyexams.com 18