Math 3 Name __________________________________

Unit 2 Day 1 Notes– Polynomial Operations Review Date ___________________________ Monomial – expression that is a real number, a variable, or a product of real numbers and variables with whole number exponents Polynomial – monomial or the sum of monomials 1

1 1 0...n nn na x a x a x a�

�� � � � where n is a non-negative integer and 1...na a are real #’s A polynomial of one variable is in standard form if the variable exponents are in descending order.

Example: 4 3 25 13 6 8 9x x x x� � � � is a polynomial in standard form since the exponents are in order from highest to lowest.

**Make sure to distribute the negative through the 2nd parentheses!

Unit 2 Day 1 HW Complete on a separate sheet of paper!