Mastering Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

What is a monomial?

• A real number, variable, or product of a real number and one or more variables with whole number exponents

• A product of variables only

• A polynomial with two terms

• A sum of polynomials

What is the degree of a nonzero constant?

• 1

• The exponent of the variable

• 0

• Undefined

How do you determine the degree of a monomial?

• By adding the exponents of its variables

• By subtracting the exponents of its variables

• By multiplying the exponents of its variables

• By dividing the exponents of its variables

How do you add monomials?

• By multiplying the coefficients

• By adding the coefficients of like terms

• By subtracting the exponents

• By dividing the coefficients

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CCSS.7.EE.A.1

What defines a polynomial?

• A single variable

• A sum of variables only

• A product of coefficients

• A monomial or a sum of monomials

What is the degree of a polynomial?

• The number of terms in the polynomial

• The highest degree of any term in the polynomial

• The exponent of the first term

• The sum of all its exponents

What is a cubic function?

• A polynomial that can be graphed as a cube

• A polynomial with a degree of 3

• A polynomial with 3 variables

• A polynomial with 3 terms

What is a quadratic function?

• A polynomial with a degree of 2

• A polynomial with 2 terms

• A polynomial with 2 variables

• A polynomial with a degree of 4

What is the standard form of a polynomial?

• Arranging terms in ascending order of degree

• Arranging terms in descending order of degree

• Writing the terms alphabetically

• Grouping like terms together

How do you subtract polynomials?

• By dividing the coefficients

• By multiplying the coefficients

• By subtracting the coefficients of like terms

• By adding the coefficients

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CCSS.HSA.APR.A.1