Standard Form
Intercept Form
Leading Coefficient
Multiplicity, Degree, End Behavior
Trivia
100

Write the polynomial in standard form:

y = x - 2x2 -5

y = - 2x2 + x - 5

100

What are the zeros of the polynomial:

y = (x - 3)2(x + 7)4

x = 3, -7

100

Identify the leading coefficient:

y = 1/3 (x - 4)(x + 2)

1/3

100

Name the polynomial by number of terms and degree:

y = 5x4 - 2x3 + 11

quartic trinomial

100

The number of seasons in Stranger Things

5

200

Write the polynomial in standard form:

y = 5x - 4 + 6x2 - x3

y = - x3 + 6x2 + 5x - 4

200

What are the zeros of the function:

y = x3(x - 1)

x = 0, 1

200

Identify the leading coefficient:

y = 2x2 - 14x4 + 3x - 7x3

y = -14

200

Identify the zeros and what happens at each:

y = (x + 1)2(x - 5)3(x + 2)

x = -1 (bounce)

x = 5 (curves through)

x = -2 (passes through)

200

Which US state was the 49th to be added to the union?

Alaska

300

Write the polynomial in standard form:

y = 3 + 6x2 - 18x + 3x2 + 11x

y = 9x2 - 7x + 3

300

Given a cubic polynomial with the following zeros and leading coefficient, write the function in intercept form:

x = -8, 2, 5

LC = 1/2

y = 1/2 (x + 8)(x - 2)(x - 5)

300

Find the leading coefficient given:

y = a (x + 2)(x - 1)3

y-intercept is -1

1/2

300

Given a quintic polynomial of the form

y = 2(x - 1)2(x - 4)m, what is the value of m?

m = 3

300

The name of the chess piece that is only able to move orthogonally

Rook

400

Write the polynomial in standard form:

y = (x + 3)(x - 3)(x+1)

y = x3 + x2 - 9x - 9

400

What are the zeros of the function: 

y = x2 + 3x + 2

x = -2, -1

400

Identify the leading coefficient:

y = 2xz3 + 5x2z2 - 4xz2 - x2z2

4

400

What is the degree of the function:

y = xz(6x3z4 - w2x5z + 11wxz3)

10
400

Name the 158 mile-long state route which runs through Wooster whose northern terminus is Avon Lake and whose southern terminus is near Beverly, Ohio.

Ohio SR 83

500

Write the polynomial in standard form:

y = 1/(x - 4)2(x - 2)

y = 1/x3 - 5/x2 - 8

500

What are the zeros of the function:

y = x3 + 5x2 + 6x

x = -3, -2, 0

500

Suppose a polynomial has leading coefficient of - 1/4 and a y-intercept at 5. If we change the leading coefficient to 1, where will its new y-intercept be located? 

-20

500

What is the end behavior of the function:

y = - 1/5 (x - 3)3(x + 1)(x - 2)2

As x → ∞, y → - ∞

As x → - ∞, y → - ∞

500

In Chemistry, what is the name of the process by which a solid turns into a gas without becoming a liquid?

Sublimation