Lesson Worksheet: Degree and Coefficient of Polynomials Mathematics
In this worksheet, we will practice determining the degree of a polynomial and using the terminology associated with polynomials, such as terms, coefficients, and constants.
Q4:
What is the degree of the expression ?
Q8:
What is the constant term in the expression ?
Q10:
How many terms are in the expression ?
Q11:
Complete the following table.
Algebraic Expressions | Variables | Numbers | Operations |
---|---|---|---|
? | ? | ? |
- Avariables: , , , numbers: 6, 7, 16, operations: subtraction, addition
- Bvariables: , , , numbers: 6, 7, 16, operations: multiplication, subtraction, addition
- Cvariables: 6, 7, 16, numbers: , , , operations: multiplication, subtraction, addition
- Dvariables: 6, 7, 16, numbers: , , , operations: subtraction, addition
- Evariables: , , , numbers: 6, 7, 16, operations: multiplication, addition
Q12:
What is the constant in the expression ?
Q13:
What is the constant in the expression ?
Q14:
How many terms are there in ?
Q15:
What terminology do we use to describe the 5 in the expression ?
- Aa quotient
- Ba factor
- Ca variable
- Da coefficient
- Ea constant
Q16:
What do we call in the expression ?
- Aan quotient
- Ba coefficient
- Ca factor
- Da term
- Ea constant
Q17:
An animal shelter cares for cats and dogs. All of the animals at the center eat canned food. Every day, each cat eats 2 cans of food, and each dog eats 3 cans of food. Let the number of cats at the center be , and let the number of dogs be . The total number of tins of food required every day at the center is represented by the equation
Which term represents the number of tins of food eaten by the cats?
- A
- B
- C
Q19:
How many terms are there in ?
Q21:
Choose the answer that makes the following statement true: The expression consists of factors, and each factor consists of terms.
- A6, 3
- B2, 3
- C3, 6
- D3, 2
- E3, 3
Q22:
What does the expression consist of?
- A2 terms of 1 factors
- B1 terms of 2 factors
- C1 terms of 1 factors
- D2 terms of 2 factors
- E2 terms of 3 factors
Q23:
What does the expression consist of?
- A2 terms of 3 factors
- B2 terms of 1 factors
- C3 terms of 2 factors
- D2 terms of 2 factors
- E3 terms of 1 factors
Q24:
What does the expression consist of?
- A3 terms of 1 factors
- B4 terms of 2 factors
- C2 terms of 3 factors
- D2 terms of 4 factors
- E4 terms of 1 factors
Q25:
The expression consists of terms and each term consists of factors.
- A4, 2
- B3, 2
- C2, 4
- D2, 3
- E2, 2