Polynomials Jeopardy

Vocabulary

100

How many terms are in a trinomial?

DAILY DOUBLE

Three

200

What is the DEGREE of 2x⁴ + 9x³ - 5x² + 6

4

300

How many terms are in this polynomial? 

4y⁵ + 6xy - 3x² + 1

Four

400

Write an example of a polynomial with 4 terms and degree of 3.

Mr. Myhre will check!

500

Like terms need to have...(two things!!)

1. Same variables 2. Same exponents

Adding Polynomials

100

(x + 5) + (3x + 9)

4x + 14

200

(3x² + 4x) + (2x² - 3x)

5x² + x

300

(-4x² + 2x - 3) + (5x² - 4x + 8)

x² - 2x + 5

400

(8x² - 4x + 3) + (7x² + 2x - 11)

15x² - 2x - 8

500

(5x³ + 4x² - 2x + 2) + 2(2x³ - 2x² + x + 5)

9x³ + 12

Subtracting Polynomials

100

(7x + 4) - (5x + 8)

2x - 4

200

(6x² + 4) - (3x² + 5)

3x² - 1

300

(2x - 4) - 2(4x - 2)

DAILY DOUBLE

- 6x

400

(6x² - 5x + 8) - (4x² - 7x + 9)

2x² + 2x - 1

500

(6x³ + 4x² - 4x + 5) - 2(2x³ - 3x² + 5x - 5)

2x³ + 10x² - 14x + 15

Multiplying Polynomials

100

3x(2x+3)

6x² + 9x

200

2(3y³ - 5y + 10)

6y³ - 10y + 20

300

2x(3x² - 6x + 1)

6x³ - 12x² + 2x

400

-5x²y(10y² + 5xy + 3x)

DAILY DOUBLE

-50x²y³ - 25x³y² - 15x³y

500

Mr. Myhre wants to know how many desks can fit in his classroom next year. The length of his classroom is x² ft and the width is x - 4 ft. What is the area of his classroom? Area = lw

*Answer MUST be labeled correctly!*

x³ - 4x² square ft

#throwbackquestions

100

Solve the system of equations (use substitution or elimination):

y = 3x - 2

y = - x - 6

DAILY DOUBLE

(-1, -5)

200

Simplify: √49u¹⁰

7u⁵

300

Convert to slope-intercept form: 4y - 8x = 24

y = 2x + 6

400

Y varies directly as x. When y = 12, x = - 2. What is y when x = 3? Formula: y = kx

y = - 18

500

Simplify : (5^{4x - 3})(5^{2x + 1})

5^{6x - 2}