Deck 4: Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

Question 1

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)4
B)3
C)1
D)7

Answer 1

4

Question 2

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)5
B)4
C)9
D)-1

Answer 2

4

Question 3

Determine the degree of each term of the polynomial.

A) : degree degree 3; 9w: degree
degree 5; -5: degree 0
B) degree 72; degree -18; 9w: degree
: degree 20; -5: degree 0
C) : degree 18; - : degree -6; 9w: degree
degree 4; -5: degree -5
D) : degree 4; : degree 3; 9w: degree
degree 5; -5: degree undefined

Answer 3

: degree degree 3; 9w: degree
degree 5; -5: degree 0

Question 4

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)2
B)10
C)12
D)5

Question 5

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -12
B)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -4
C)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 16
D)Leading Term: 1 Leading Coefficient: 11

Question 6

Determine the degree of each term of the polynomial.

A) : degree : degree
: degree 3; 14: degree 0
B) : degree : degree
degree 5; 14: degree 0
C) degree : degree
degree 5; -14: degree 0
D) degree degree
: degree 3; -14: degree 0

Question 7

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)9
B)8
C)1
D)10

Question 8

Determine the degree of each term of the polynomial.

A) degree 4; : degree
degree 4
B) : degree 1; - : degree
degree 3
C) degree 4; : degree -
degree 9
D) degree 3; : degree
: degree 1

Question 9

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 15
B)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 1
C)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 7
D)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 15

Question 10

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading Term: 6 Leading Coefficient: 6
B)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -18
C)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -4
D)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 6

Question 11

Determine the degree of each term of the polynomial.

A) degree degree
degree
: degree 3
B) degree degree 3;
degree
degree 0
C) degree degree
degree
: degree 3
D) degree degree
degree
degree -24

Question 12

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -12
B)Leading Term: -2 Leading Coefficient: -2
C)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: -2
D)Leading Term: Leading Coefficient: 6

Question 13

Arrange in descending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 14

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 8
B)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 1
C)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 5
D)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 6

Question 15

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)19
B)-15
C)4
D)23

Question 16

Determine the degree of each term of the polynomial.

A) : degree : degree
degree 3; -15: degree 0
B) degree degree
: degree 1; -15: degree 0
C) degree 1 : degree
degree 2; 15: degree 0
D) degree degree
degree 2; 15: degree 0

Question 17

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)7
B)8
C)1
D)3

Question 18

Determine the degree of the polynomial.

A)15
B)10
C)8
D)18

Question 19

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 1
B)Leading term: 6uv Leading coefficient: 6
C)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 6
D)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 2

Question 20

Find the leading term and the leading coefficient.

A)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 13
B)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 16
C)Leading term: Leading coefficient: -18
D)Leading term: Leading coefficient: 12

Question 21

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)-85
B)-93
C)-77
D)-31

Question 22

Arrange in ascending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 23

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)0
B)-5
C)5
D)10

Question 24

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)-19
B)-29
C)-35
D)-45

Question 25

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)30
B)2
C)-6
D)38

Question 26

Solve the problem.
The polynomial gives the predicted sales volume of a company, in millions of items, where x is the number of years from now. Determine the predicted sales 19 years from now.

A)799.01 million
B)1052.36 million
C)818.93 million
D)705.13 million

Question 27

Arrange in descending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 28

Arrange in ascending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 29

Arrange in descending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 30

Arrange in ascending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 31

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)-12
B)2
C)-8
D)8

Question 32

Arrange in descending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 33

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)-226
B)-206
C)-184
D)-286

Question 34

Solve the problem.
The polynomial gives the approximate total earnings of a company, in millions of dollars, where x = 0 corresponds to 1996, x = 1 corresponds to 1997, and so on. This model is valid
For the years from 1996 to 2000. Determine the earnings for 1999.

A)$2.62 million
B)$1.9 million
C)$2.11 million
D)$2.21 million

Question 35

Arrange in descending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 36

Arrange in ascending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 37

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A)47
B)68
C)79
D)-73

Question 38

Evaluate the polynomial function for the given value of the variable.
Find

A) 5
B)
C)
D)

Question 39

Arrange in ascending powers of x.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 40

Solve the problem.
gives the alcohol level in an average person's bloodstream x hours after drinking 8 oz of 100-proof whiskey. If the level exceeds 1.5 units, a person is legally drunk. Would a person be drunk after 6
Hours?

A)Yes
B)No

Question 41

Solve the problem.
Total profit P is defined as total revenue R minus total cost C, and is given by the function P(x)= R(x)- C(x). Find the total profit

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 42

Solve the problem.
Find the perimeter of the geometric figure. Triangle: sides

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 43

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 44

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 45

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 46

Solve the problem.
The distance, s, in feet, traveled by a body falling freely from rest in t seconds is approximated by the function An experimenter on a ladder releases a marble from rest. The marble takes 2 seconds to fall to the ground. How high was the marble when it was released?

A)1024 feet
B)64 feet
C)32 feet
D)4 feet

Question 47

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 48

Collect like terms.
z + z + z - z

A)0
B)2z
C)-2z
D)4z

Question 49

Solve the problem.
If an object is dropped, the distance it falls is given by where g is about 32 ft/sec2. Find the distance an object would fall in 10 seconds.

A)800 ft
B)3200 ft
C)1600 ft
D)160 ft

Question 50

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 51

Solve the problem.
In Baseball, the magic number M is given by the polynomial where W1 is the number of wins for the first-place team, is the number of losses for the second-place team, and G is the total number of
Games in the season, which is 162 in the major leagues. Compute the magic number for city A in the major
League.

A)15
B)17
C)16
D)14

Question 52

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 53

Solve the problem.
The position of an object moving in a straight line is given by where s is in meters and t is the time in seconds the object has been in motion. How far will an object move in 3 seconds?

A)6 meters
B)24 meters
C)18 meters
D)48 meters

Question 54

Solve the problem.
Find the perimeter of the geometric figure. Rectangle: length width

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 55

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)Cannot be simplified
D)

Question 56

Collect like terms.

A)-14xy
B)-7y - 7x
C)-7y - 3x
D)-7y + 3x

Question 57

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 58

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 59

Collect like terms.

A)
B)Cannot be simplified
C)-10r
D)

Question 60

Collect like terms.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 61

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 62

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)None of these

Question 63

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 64

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 65

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 66

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 67

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 68

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)None of these

Question 69

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)None of these

Question 70

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 71

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 72

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 73

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 74

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 75

Add.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 76

Subtract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 77

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)None of these

Question 78

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)None of these
B)
C)
D)-

Question 79

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 80

Write two equivalent expressions for the opposite of the polynomial.

A)
B)
C)
D)