Parent Functions
Degrees and Classification
End Behavior
Domain, Range, Max/Min, Inc/Dec Intervals
Multiplicity/ Zeros
100

What is the equation for this graph?

What is f(x) = x2

100

What is the degree of the function:

-2x2-9


What is 2

100

What is the end behavior of this graph?

What is as x approaches negative infinity f(x) approaches infinity 

as x approaches positive infinity f(x) approaches infinity 

100

What is the domain and range of graph A?

What is all real numbers?

100

If the multiplicity is even what effect does that have on the graph?

What is bouncing/turning?

200

What is the domain and range for linear functions?

For 200 bonus points what is the degree of this linear function?


What is all real numbers

What is the degree equals 1

200

What is the name of a graph with a degree of 3?

What is cubic?

200

What is the end behavior?

For 100 bonus points what would be the leading coefficient and degree?


What is as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches infinity 

What is as x approaches infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity 

What is odd and negative 

200

What is the relative minimum/maximum of Graph A?

What is relative minimum (-1.333, -2.48)

What is relative maximum (-4,7)

200

If the multiplicity is odd what effect does that have on the graph?

What is crossing?

300

What is the equation for an exponential parent function?

What is f(x)=2x

300

What is the degree of 4x3?


What is 3?

300

What is the end behavior of the graph below:


What is as x approaches negative infinity, f(x) approaches negative infinity 

as x approaches positive infinity, f(x) approaches infinity 

300

What is the increasing and decreasing intervals for Graph A

What is increasing: (-infinity to -4) and (-1.3 to infinity)

What is decreasing: (-4 to -1.3) 

300

Name the zeros, multiplicity, and effect for the equation: f(x)= 3x3(x-1)2(x-8)

What is zeros of 0,1,8

What is multiplicity of 3,2,1

What is effect of cross, bounce, cross

400

Name the function:


What is a cube root?

400

What is the name of a graph with a degree of 4?

What is quartic?

400

What is the end behavior?

For 150 bonus points what would be the degree and leading coefficient of this graph?


What is as x approaches negative infinity f(x) approaches negative infinity 

What is as x approaches positive infinity f(x) approaches infinity 

What is odd and positive 

400

What is the relative minimum and maximum of graph B?

What is relative minimum of (-0.36, -0.348)

What is the relative maximum of (-1,0) and (1.366,4.848)

400

Name the zeros, multiplicity, and effect for the equation: f(x)= -x(5x+3)3(x-2)8

What is the zeros of: 0,2, and -3/5

What is the multiplicity: 1,3,8

What is the effect: cross, cross, bounce

500

Write the domain and range for reciprocal parent function on the board.

Domain: x does not equal 0

Range: y does not equal 0

500

State the degree and the name of the graph that corresponds to the degree of the following equation.

x5-6x3-x-1

What is 5 and quintic?

500

What is the end behavior of the function?

For 200 bonus points what would be the leading coefficient and degree of this graph?



What is as x approaches negative infinity f(x) approaches infinity 

As x approaches infinity f(x) approaches infinity  

What is even and positive

500

What is the increasing and decreasing interval of Graph B?

What is increasing: (-infinity to -1) and (-0.366 to 1.366) 

What is decreasing: (-1 to -0.366) AND AND (1.366 to infinity)

500

The graph of a polynomial function has zeros of 0 (multiplicity 2), 1(multiplicity 2), and 5/2 (multiplicity 2). Write a function in factored form that could represent this function.

What is x2(x-1)2(2x-5)2