Naming Polynomials
Multiplying Polynomials
Increasing and Decreasing
End Behavior
Adding/Subtracting Polynomials
Thanksgiving Trivia
100

4x^2 - 3x^3 + 6x + 7 

Give the leading coefficient, degree, and type.

What is -3x^3 + 4x^2 + 6x + 7 

LC = -3 Degree = 3 Type = cubic 

100
5x^2 (3x - 2)
What is 5x^3 - 10x^2
100

Where is the function decreasing?

What is to the left of x = 0.

100

-2x^3 + 5x^2 + 3 End behavior:

What is -2x^3 + 5x^2 + 3 End behavior: as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches positive infinity; as x approaches positive infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity

Increases to the left and decreases to the right

100

(x^3 - 5x^2 + 2x - 7) + (x + 2)

What is x^3 - 5x^2 + 3x - 5

100

Do Americans prefer apple or pumpkin pie?

Apple

200

5x^3 + 8x + 2x^4 

Give the leading coefficient, degree, and type.

What is 2x^4 + 5x^3 + 8x  

LC = 2 Degree = 4 Type = quartic

200
-3t (2t^2 - 6t + 1)
What is -6t^3 + 18t^2 - 3t
200

Is the function increasing or decreasing to the right of x = 5.

What is increasing

200

x^4 + 2x^3 - 3x + 1 End behavior:

What is x^4 + 2x^3 - 3x + 1 End behavior: as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches positive infinity; as x approaches positive infinity, f(x) approaches positive infinity

Increases to the left and increases to the right

200

(x^3 - 5x^2 + 2x - 7) + (x^2 - x - 3)

What is x^3 - 4x^2 + x - 10

200

How much does the average turkey weigh: 10 lbs, 15 lbs, 20 lbs, or 25 lbs?

15 lbs.

300

1 - 11x + 9x^2 

Give the leading coefficient, degree, and type.

What is 9x^2 - 11x +1 

LC = 9 Degree = 2 Type = quadratic 

300
(x-2)(x^2 - 2x - 3)
What is x^3 - 4x^2 + x +6
300

Give the intervals where the function is decreasing.

x < -1.1, 2 < x < 4.1

300

-3x^6 + 9x^3 - 2x - 9 End behavior:

What is -3x^6 + 9x^3 - 2x - 9 End behavior: as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity; as x approaches positive infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity

Decreases to the left and decreases to the right

300

(x^3 + 5x^2 + 2x) - (x + 2)

x^3 + 5x^2 + x - 2

300

Which president refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, or FDR?

Thomas Jefferson

400

-6x^2 + x^4 

Give the leading coefficient, degree, and type.

What is x^4 - 6x^2 

LC = 1 Degree = 4 Type = quartic 

400

(x^3 - 5x^2 + 2x - 7)(x + 2)

What is x^4 - 3x^2 - 8x^2 - 3x - 14

400

Describe where the function is increasing and decreasing.

What is increasing: 0 < x <2; decreasing: x < 0 and x > 2

400

7x^5 + x^4 - 2x + 5 End behavior:

What is 7x^5 + x^4 - 2x + 5 End behavior: as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity; as x approaches positive infinity, f(x) approaches positive infinity

Decreases to the left and increases to the right

400

(-x^3 - 5x^2 - 7) - (2x^3 - 5x^2 - 3)

What is -3x^3 - 4

400

Which city has the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade?

Philadelphia