Vocabulary
Simplify
Addition/Subtraction
Addition/Subtraction
Distribution
Division
MATH FACTS
100
How many terms are in a TRINOMIAL?
3
100
12x - 3y -7
100
What kind of math do you use when you distribute?
Multiplication
100
When dividing powers with the same base, what do you do with the exponents?
Subtract.
100
What are the rules for positive and negative numbers with multiplication?
If the signs are the same its positive. If they are different the answer is negative.
200
How do you find the degree of a polynomial?
You find the highest exponent of the term with a variable
200
When adding and subtracting polynomials what do you combine?
Like terms
200
4(2x+3)
8x+12
200
4x5 / 2x3
2x2
200
-42+44=?
2
300
What is the type and degree of the expression 2x-1
Binomial with degree 1
300
What does not change when adding or subtracting like terms?
The variable part.
300
5x(3x4-2x3 + 1 )
15x5 - 10x4 +5x
300
9x7/3x
3x6
300
6x + 4x - 3 +7
10x + 4
400
What is a constant?
A constant is a term without a variable part.
400
When you rearrange the terms in a polynomial, what are you trying to do?
Gather like terms.
400
-3(x-2)
-3x+6
400
(10x6 + 25x)/5x
2x5 + 5
400
4x-3x+6x-8x
-x
500
What is the degree of this polynomial?
x2 + 3a2b - 4 + 6a2b2
4th degree
500
When subtracting polynomials, how does the subtraction sign in front of a bracket affect the terms when you drop the brackets?
It changes to the opposite operation (sign)
500
-7x(-2x-5)
14x2 +35x
500
(14a5 - 21a4)/ -7a3
-2a2 + 3a
500
3x- (- 4x)
7x