What is a number or variable in a polynomial that is separated by an addition or subtraction sign
a term
Add the Polynomials
(4x + 9) +(x - 4)
5x + 5
Subtract the polynomials:
(g - 4) - (3g - 6)
-2g + 2
3x2 - 4x5 + 2x - 3
- 4x5 + 3x2 + 2x - 3
-2x^3+3x^2-4x+5
Cubic polynomial
What stickers are on my car?
New Paltz
The number before a variable within a term is called the...
Coefficient
Add the polynomials:
(-3a - 2) + (7a + 5)
4a + 3
Subtract the polynomials:
(-5h - 2) - (7h +6)
-12h - 8
-3x5 +9x3 - 15x7
- 15x7 - 3x5 +9x3
2x-3
Linear binomial
What is my most recent tattoo of?
The number in front of the term with the highest exponent.
Leading Coefficient
Add the polynomials:
(x2 +3x + 5) + ( -x2 +6x)
9x + 5
Subtract the polynomials:
(-x2 - 5) - (-3x2 -x -8)
2x2 + x +3
What is the leading coefficient?
3x4 + 4x6 - 10x7
-10
4x4
Quartic monomial
What do my sisters go to college for?
The highest exponent on the variables in a term
Degree of the term
Add the polynomials:
(t2 + 3t3 -3) + (2t2 +7t -2t3)
t3 +3t2 +7t -3
Subtract the Polynomials:
(k2 + 6k3 -4) - (5k3 + 7k -3k2)
k3 + 4k2 -7k -4
What is the degree of the polynomial?
4x^2-16x^5+16x
5th degree
9-x^2+3x^3
Cubic trinomial
How many times did I take my road test?
2
Terms that have the same variables and the same degree are....
Like terms
Add the polynomials:
(-1 + x2 + 2x) + (1 -2x + 2x2)
3x2
Subtract the Polynomials:
(2x2 - 3x) - (x2 -2x + 4)
x2 + x - 4
What is the degree?
6xy-9y2+18y
2nd degree
Careful!!
x^5+2x-12x^5
Quintic binomial
What was my class rank when I graduated high school? (My graduating class was 496 people)
108