Understanding Polynomial Expressions

Like Terms

100

Combine like terms:

3x + 7 - x

2x - 7

200

Combine like terms:

4x² - 3x + x² - 5

3x² - 3x - 5

300

**Disney Trivia**

What is the one "thing" that can be found in every pixar movie? 

Pixar Ball

"A113"

Pizza Planet Truck

400

Combine like terms and leave in Standard Form:

18xyz + -17xyz - 16x²

-16x² + xyz

500

Combine like terms and leave in Standard Form:

-x³ - 3x² + 4x³ - 3x² + 5x⁵

5x⁵ + 3x³ - 6x²

Vocabulary

100

**Disney Trivia**

In what disney movie does the lead character never talk?

a) Bambi

b) Sleeping Beauty

c) Dumbo

d) Peter Pan

c) Dumbo

200

In an expression, the parts being added together or subtracted. Example: 4x + 3x + 3y + 7y

What is a term?

300

Terms that contain the same variable(s) raised to the same exponent. These terms can be combined. Example: 3x + 9x or 7y + 3Y

What are like terms?

400

To perform all indicated operations, including combining like terms. When you do this you do not always get a number answer like 25 or 10 or -1. Frequently you get an expression as an answer, like 2x + 5.

What is simplify?

500

A symbol, usually a letter of the alphabet, used to represent a quantity that can change.

What is a variable?

Like Terms OR Not Like Terms

100

Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 7x + 7

NOT Like Terms

200

Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 3x - 4x + x

Like Terms

300

Like Terms OR NOT Like Terms 3x + 2y + 2xy

NOT Like Terms

400

Like Terms OR Not Like Terms 3ab + 2ab + 7ba

Like Terms

500

**Disney Trivia**

Name all seven dwarves!

Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, Happy, Bashful

Degree

100

What is the degree of the polynomial?

x² + x

2

200

**Disney Trivia**

Which one is NOT a Pixar movie?

a) Brave

b) Inside out

c) Luca

d) Raya and the Last Dragon

d) Raya and the Last Dragon

300

What is the degree of the polynomial?

-x² + 3x - 5x⁴ + 7x 

4

400

What is the degree of the polynomial?

2xy⁵

6

500

What is the degree of the polynomial?

3x+4a⁵bc²d

9

Standard Form

100

Write the polynomial in standard form:

2x + x²

x² + 2x

200

Write the polynomial in standard form:

-3x² - x + 4 + 2x³

2x³ - 3x² - x + 4

300

Write the polynomial in standard form:

-x + x² - 4 + 5x² 

6x² - x - 4

400

**Disney Trivia**

What is the name of the toy store in Toy Story 2?

Al's Toy Barn

500

Write the polynomial in standard form:

9x - 12x + x² + x³ - x² + 4x³

5x³ - 3x