Polynomial Exponent Rules
What do you do with the exponents when you are adding polynomials?
Keep them the same!
What does the term constant mean?
The number without a variable
(5x3) + (10x3)
15x3
What food is associated with Halloween?
Pumpkin
What do you do with the exponents when you are subtracting polynomials?
Keep them the same!
What does degree mean?
The biggest exponent in the polynomial
(2x + 3) + (7x)
9x + 3
What "monster" has screws in the side of his head?
Frankenstein
What do you do with your exponents when you are multiplying polynomials?
Add them!
What does the term leading coefficient mean?
The coefficient (number in front) the largest exponent
(3x2 - 10) + (-12)
3x2 - 22
What animal is considered "bad luck"?
A black cat
What do you do with the exponents when you are dividing polynomials?
Subtract them!
What is standard form?
Ordering the terms from the largest exponents to the smallest exponents
(3x3 + 6x) + (9x3 - 10x)
12x3 - 4x
A pumpkin is a vegetable (true or false)
False! It's a fruit (per google)
Simplify the following:
6x2(7x2 - 12x + 9)
42x4 - 72x3 + 54x2
Write the following in standard form:
-5x2 - 12x5 - 45 + 10x
-12x5 - 5x2 + 10x - 45
(18x2 - 5x - 2) + (16x2 - 23x + 15)
34x2 - 28x + 13
How much did the heaviest recorded pumpkin weigh? Closest answer wins!
2749lbs!