Polynomial Jeopardy - 2

Old Vocabulary

100

A symbol, usually a letter, that represents the value or values of a quantity.

Variable

200

A mathematical phrase that includes one or more variables.

Algebraic Expression

300

A number sequence formed by adding a fixed number to each previous term to find the next term.

Arithmetic Sequence

400

A number sequence formed by multiplying a term in a sequence by a fixed number to find the next term.

Geometric Sequence

500

The numerical factor when a term has a variable.

Coefficient

Vocabulary

100

An expression with one term.

Monomial

200

An expression with two terms.

Binomial

300

An expression with three terms.

Trinomial

400

A polynomial with a degree of 2.

Quadratic Polynomial

500

A polynomial with a degree of 3.

Cubic Polynomial

Perfect Squares

100

What is (x - 1)²?

x² - 2x + 1

200

Simplify (x+11)²

x² + 22x + 121

300

Simply (3 - 7x)²

9 - 14x + 49x²

400

Simply  (4x² - 3)²

16x⁴ - 24x² + 9

500

Simply 3x(5 - 8x⁵)²

75x - 240x⁶ + 192x¹¹

Difference of Squares

100

Simplify (x + 1)(x - 1)

x² - 1

200

Simplify (2x - 3)(2x + 3)

4x² - 9

300

Simplify (5 - 6x)(5 + 6x)

25 - 36x²

400

Simplify (11x - 5x³)(11x + 5x³) 

121x² - 25x⁶

500

Simplify 20x(15x² - 17x⁶)(15x² + 17x⁶)

4500x⁵ - 5780x¹³

Mental Math

100

17²

289

200

Simplify 49 x 51

2499

300

91²

8281

400

302²

91204

500

303 x 297

89991