Naming Polynomials
5x
Monomial
Identify the variable in this expression:
8m+1
The variable is m
Identify the like terms:
2x+4+5x
2x and 5 x
The degree of a polynomial is the highest ______
Exponent of a variable in the polynomial
is this a polynomial?
x5y3+4x
Yes
10x+4
Binomial
What does 2 in the following expression signify
8X2
Exponent
Simplify the following expression:
4x+3x
What is the degree of the following monomial
3x5
is this a polynomial?
5/x
Not a polynomial because x is in the denominator.
5x2+x-4
Trinomial
What is the Coefficient in this expression:
7x4
7
Simplify the following expression:
2x+4y+5x
=7x+4y
What is the degree of the following Binomial
4m3+7m
3rd degree
is this a polynomial? x1/2
No, the exponent is not whole number
4x8/4
Monomial
Identify the base and the exponent
35 m8
m is the base
8 the exponent
Simplify the following:
N+3N+2N+5
6N+5
What is the degree of the following Trinomial:
R11+5R5-20R
11th Degree
is this a polynomial?
m-8+5
No, the exponent is negative.
3x3+Y+Z-4
Polynomial
35C11/4
Identify the variable, base, exponent, and coefficient
the variable is C. It is also the base.
11 is the exponent
35/4 is the coefficient
Identify the like terms:
4x+2x2+3x+5x2
4x and 3x are like terms
2x2 and 5x2 are like terms
What is the degree of the following Monomial
x5Y4
The degree is 4+5=9
is this a polynomial? 3xY3-8x+11/4
Yes