Finding the Degree of Polynomials

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.

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.

• degree: 3

  leading coefficient: 4

• degree: 6

  leading coefficient: 4

• degree: 6

  leading coefficient: -1

• degree: 6

  leading coefficient: 8

What is the degree of this polynomial?

• -3

• 2

• 4

• 5

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

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The ​ (a)   is the greatest degree of any term of the polynomial.

• degree of a polynomial

• coefficient

• monomial

• binomial

• trinomial

• distributive

• polynomial

• degree of a term

What is the degree of the polynomial?

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