1. POLYNOMIALS IDENTIFYING TERMS

2. THREE TYPES 1. MONOMIAL-AN EXPRESSION WITH ONE TERM. 2. BINOMIAL-AN EXPRESSION WITH TWO TERMS. Ex) 15a Ex) 20a + 7 3. TRINOMIAL-AN EXPRESSION WITH THREE TERMS. Ex) 6a + 18b + 4

3. WHAT IS A TERM? A SINGLE TERM IS A NUMBER OR A VARIABLE OR NUMBERS AND VARIABLES THAT ARE CONNECTED BY MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION, BUT NOT BY ADDITION OR SUBTRACTION. A TERM CAN NOT HAVE A VARIABLE IN THE DENOMINATOR OR IT IS UNDEFINED Ex) 6n Ex) 14ab Ex) 4a 12 Ex) 4 is not called a term because we n do not know the value of n.

4. IS THE EXAMPLE A TERM OR NOT A TERM? 5x YES 4/8 YES 9 3nYES 20/N NO 5N + 7 NO, THIS IS TWO TERMS 6/B NO 6X/9YES 17 YES 3X + 4Y + 1 NO THIS IS 3 TERMS

5. IS THIS A MONOMIAL, BINOMIAL, OR TRINOMIAL? 1) 3X + 6BINOMIAL 2) 5N MONOMIAL 3) 14S 2 + 6S + 2TRINOMIAL 4) 2t + 10 BINOMIAL 5) -7 – 17K BINOMIAL 6) N/2 + 4BINOMIAL 7) 8M 2 + 2M - 14 TRINOMIAL 8) 29X MONOMIAL

6. ARE THESE LIKE TERMS OR NOT LIKE TERMS? THE COEFFICIENT IS THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF THE VARIABLE. WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE THE COEFFICIENT, THE COEFFICIENT IS 1. THE VARIABLE IS THE LETTER. Ex) 5x + 7x Like Terms Ex) 7a – 6bNOT Like Terms Ex) 2x 4 + 8x 4 -5x 4 Like Terms WRITE: LIKE TERMS HAVE…