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Polynomial Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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term | a number variable or any product or quotient of numbers and variables. |
factors | are the number and variables that make up a term |
numerical coefficient | the coefficient of the term with the highest power or degree |
base | one of the equal factors of the power |
exponent | the number of times the base is used as a factor |
degree | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the monomial |
power | the product of equal factors |
To add polynomials, line up vertically and combine only ________ terms. | Like |
When you subtract polynomials, you switch the subtraction sign to an addition sign and add the ______. | Opposite |
When multiplying by a monomial, use the __________ property. Remember to follow your laws of exponents! | distributive |
While multiplying by a binomial, use the ________ distributive property. | double |
When dividing by a monomial, "______ the love". Remember to follow your laws of exponents! | Share |
Multiply, add ________, divide, subtract ___________ | exponents |
A monomial raised to a power, remember to use the exponent to expand the expression, then ____________. | multiply |
Zero exponent-anything raised to the zero power equals ____________. | One |
Negative exponents-rewrite using a ______________ exponent by putting it in the denominator of a fraction. | positive |