1.   Which expression is not a polynomial?
    A. 4x3y2 - 5xy + 7 B.
    C. 3x2 + 5 D. 7y3
    Hint

  2.   Arrange the terms of 4x2y3 – 2x4y + 3x3y2 – 3 + 2xy so that the powers of x are in descending order.
    A. – 2x4y + 3x3y2 + 4x2y3 + 2xy – 3
    B. 4x2y3 + 3x3y2 - 2x4y + 2xy – 3
    C. -3 - 2x4y + 3x3y2 + 4x2y3 + 2xy
    D. -3 + 2xy + 4x2y3 + 3x3y2 - 2x4y
    Hint

  3.   Arrange the terms of 6x4y2 – 4x2y + 2xy3 + 8 so that the powers of y are in ascending order.
    A. 6x4y2 - 4x2y + 2xy3 +8
    B. 8 – 4x2y + 6x4y2 + 2xy3
    C. 2xy3 + 6x4y2 - 4x2y + 8
    D. 8 + 2xy3 - 4x2y + 6x4y2
    Hint

  4.   Write a polynomial to represent the area of a square with a side x minus the area of a triangle with a base 2x and a height of 5.
    A. 4x B. x2 – 5x
    C. x2 – 10x D. x2 – 2x + 5
    Hint

  5.   Which pair of terms are unlike terms?
    A. B. 3r3t2, -3r3t2
    C. D.
    Hint



Glencoe
The McGraw-Hill Companies