algebra 1 intro to monomials, binomials, trinomials, and like terms

1. Number your paper from 1-5 and
answer each question that
follows, based on what you
learned last class period.

2. 1. What is the degree of each term in
this polynomial?
5 2
3x 4x 2x 7

3. 2. What is the degree of the
polynomial?
6 7 2 5
7x 3x 4x 9x 1

4. 3. What is the coefficient of each
term?
2 5 4
6y 7y 3y 5 y

5. 4. Write the polynomial in standard
form.
3 2 5
4 3x 5x 7x 2x

6. 5. What is the opposite of this
polynomial?
3 2
8x 4x 5x 7

7. Get ok from teacher before moving on.

8. Use the following terms as well as your
prior knowledge of the prefixes mono-
, bi-, and tri- and the examples to
complete the statements that follow.

9. If a polynomial has only 1
term, it is called a
_____________.
(See 5 examples below)
7x
2
3x 3
54 x
6h
x

10. If a polynomial has exactly 2
terms, it is called a
_______________.
(See 5 examples below)
3
6 3x
5x 7
1 4x 2
2x 7
3x 4

11. If a polynomial has exactly 3
terms, it is called a
_______________.
(See 5 examples below)
3 2
4y 7 3y x 4x 8
2
3x 4x 7
2
6 3m 7m
2 6
9 3x 5x

12. Like terms?
Below are example of like terms at left, counter-examples (expressions that
are not like terms) are at right.
Examples (like terms) Counter Examples (not like terms)
2 4
2
3x 2x
x
2
3x
x
2
17 x

13. Classify each of these 9 terms into the
3 columns for like terms on your notes
page.
2
x
6
4x
7 19
x
2
2 3x
5x 3x

14. Like terms have the same
_______ and same _______.

15. When you finish these
examples, please show teacher your
notes and work through practice
problems.