Identifying Polynomials Based on Degree

• 2

• 4

• 9

• 10

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 0

• 3

• n

• n-1

Degree of a Quadratic polynomial is _______

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 0

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Degree of "0" is ______________

• 0

• 1

• Undefined

• 2

What is a leading coefficient?

• The coefficient that is non-existent.

• The coefficient of the term with the lowest degree.

• The coefficient of the term with the highest degree.

How do you find the degree of a Polynomial?

• Start by finding the degree of each term in the Polynomial. The degree is all the the exponents added together in a single term. After finding the degree of each term determine which term in the polynomial has the highest degree and that is the degree of the polynomial.

• Find the degree of each term. Take the lowest degree out of the terms to determine the degree of the whole polynomial.

• 3x⁴

• You cannot find the degree of a polynomial.