Polynomial Vocabulary

What is the name of a polynomial with only one term?

• monomial
• binomial
• trinomial
• linear

What is the name of a polynomial with three terms?

• monomial
• binomial
• trinomial
• cubic

What is the name of the degree of a polynomial that has a variable with invisible exponents?
( ex. n  or  n¹ )

• constant
• linear
• quadratic
• cubic

What is the name of the degree of a polynomial that has an exponent of 3?
( ex. t cubed or  t ³ )

• constant
• linear
• quadratic
• cubic

What is the name of a 5^th degree polynomial ?
( ex. x⁵ or  mn⁴  or  r²s³ )

• constant
• linear
• quadratic
• quintic

What are like terms?
Terms that have....

• the same variables
• the same exponents
• the same coefficients
• the same variables and exponents

When you combine like terms, what do you do with the exponents?

• Add them
• Multiply them
• Nothing

When you multiply polynomials, what do you do with the exponents?

• Add them
• Multiply them
• Nothing

Classify by the DEGREE:
4x³ - 5x² + 2x - 1

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Classify by the DEGREE:
2x² - 5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4