Vocabulary
Simplify
Addition/Subtraction
Distribution
Division
MATH FACTS
100
How many terms are in a TRINOMIAL?
3
100

12x - 3y -7

100
What kind of math do you use when you distribute?
Multiplication
100

When dividing powers with the same base, what do you do with the exponents?

Subtract.

100
What are the rules for positive and negative numbers with multiplication?
If the signs are the same its positive. If they are different the answer is negative.
200

How do you find the degree of a polynomial?

You find the highest exponent of the term with a variable

200
When adding and subtracting polynomials what do you combine?
Like terms
200
4(2x+3)
8x+12
200

4x5 / 2x3

2x2

200
-42+44=?
2
300

What is the type and degree of the expression 2x-1

Binomial with degree 1

300

What does not change when adding or subtracting like terms?

The variable part.

300

5x(3x4-2x3 + 1 )

15x5 - 10x4 +5x

300

9x7/3x

3x6

300

6x + 4x - 3 +7

10x + 4

400

What is a constant?

A constant is a term without a variable part.

400

When you rearrange the terms in a polynomial, what are you trying to do?

Gather like terms.

400
-3(x-2)
-3x+6
400

(10x + 25x)/5x

2x5 + 5

400
4x-3x+6x-8x
-x
500

What is the degree of this polynomial?

x2 + 3a2b - 4 + 6a2b2

4th degree

500

When subtracting polynomials, how does the subtraction sign in front of a bracket affect the terms when you drop the brackets?

It changes to the opposite operation (sign)

500

-7x(-2x-5)

14x2 +35x

500

(14a5 -  21a4)/ -7a3

-2a + 3a

500

3x- (- 4x)

7x