Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Explained

What does 'poly' in polynomial mean?

• Many

• Single

• Three

• Two

What is a polynomial with three terms called?

• Trinomial

• Monomial

• Polynomial

• Binomial

What is the leading coefficient in a polynomial?

• The coefficient of the term with the lowest exponent

• The constant term without a variable

• The coefficient of the term with the highest exponent

• The variable in the first term

How do you determine the degree of a polynomial?

• It's the exponent of the first term in standard form

• It's the number of terms in the polynomial

• It's the coefficient of the first term

• It's the sum of the exponents of all terms

What is the constant in a polynomial?

• The term with the highest exponent

• The term without a variable

• The first term of the polynomial

• The coefficient of the term with the highest exponent

When writing a polynomial in standard form, how should the terms be ordered?

• Randomly

• Alphabetically by variable

• From the highest to the lowest exponent

• From the lowest to the highest exponent

What is the first step in adding polynomials?

• Combine like terms

• Change the signs of the second polynomial

• Rewrite without parentheses

• Order the terms by degree

What does it mean to combine like terms in polynomials?

• To change the exponents of terms so they match

• To list terms with the same variable next to each other

• To add or subtract coefficients of terms with the same exponent

• To multiply coefficients of terms with the same exponent

How do you find the difference of two polynomials?

• By dividing the first polynomial by the second polynomial

• By multiplying the terms of the first polynomial by the terms of the second polynomial

• By directly subtracting the coefficients of like terms

• By changing the signs of the terms in the second polynomial and then combining like terms

What is the result of subtracting polynomials?

• An equation

• A new variable

• A polynomial in standard form

• A single constant