Exploring Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

The video tutorial covers the basics of polynomials, including monomials, binomials, and trinomials. It explains how to identify polynomials, determine their degrees, and write them in standard form. The tutorial also demonstrates how to add and subtract polynomials, emphasizing the importance of combining like terms. Finally, it applies these concepts to predict sales using polynomial equations.

What is a polynomial that consists of two terms called?

• Monomial

• Polynomial

• Binomial

• Trinomial

What is the degree of a polynomial with the highest power of 4?

• Cubic

• Quintic

• Quadratic

• Quartic

How do you determine the degree of a polynomial?

• By adding the exponents of all terms

• By finding the term with the lowest exponent

• By finding the term with the highest exponent

• By multiplying the exponents of all terms

What does a negative exponent in a term indicate about its classification as a polynomial?

• It's an undefined polynomial

• It's a special type of polynomial

• It cannot be a polynomial

• It's still a polynomial

What is the leading coefficient in a polynomial?

• The coefficient of the term with the highest degree

• The sum of all coefficients

• The constant term

• The coefficient of the term with the lowest degree

In standard form, how are the terms of a polynomial arranged?

• Alphabetically

• Randomly

• From lowest to highest degree

• From highest to lowest degree

What is the purpose of arranging polynomials in standard form?

• To simplify the calculation of their degrees

• To identify the leading coefficient easily

• To make them easier to graph

• All of the above

What is the result of combining like terms 3x and 4x?

• 7x

• 12

• 7

• 12x

When subtracting polynomials, what must you distribute across the terms?

• The highest coefficient

• The variable x

• The negative sign

• The degree of the polynomial

How do you find the total monthly sales of phones and cameras from given equations?

• By dividing the equations

• By subtracting one equation from the other

• By adding the equations together

• By multiplying the equations