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Polynomials Study Guide

These are the learning outcomes for this unit. The list and checkboxes are for your
own use to ensure you are prepared to write the test! The purpose of this study guide
is to practice and aid you in studying!! Best of luck!!

I can apply and use the distributive rule.

I can distinguish between like terms.

I can collect like terms. I can add and subtract monomials.

I can apply substitution to polynomials and solve for an answer.

I can multiply and divide monomials/binomials.

Review notes & do practice problems.

Attached to this study guide is A LOT of practice, do the questions that you think
you'd get stumped on. Don't attempt to complete all of it.

Test date: Wednesday February 21, 2018

 Distributive Property
Use the distributive property to simply each expression.

-2x(3x - 8) 3y(6y - 4)

-9w(6 - w) 3r(5r - 8)

8x(-6 - 5x) -2a(2 - 9a)

-9x(9 + x) -2n(3n + 6)

-8z(8 + 3z) k(3k + 5)

-9r(-5 + 6r) 8q(-2 + 8q)

-2x(2x - 6) -d(-4d - 4)

-8v(-3 - 5v) 2r(-1 + 5r)

-2t(-2 + 6t) -t(7t - 7)

-5z(5 - 3z) -3j(-5 - j)

 Distributive Property
Use the distributive property to simply each expression.

6p(-3 - 9p) m(3 + 5m)

-h(4h - 7) -4q(2 - 6q)

-5m(-1 + 8m) -9d(5 - 4d)

9a(-8a + 4) 8g(-g + 9)

-3t(8t + 9) -8n(7 + n)

2a(-4a + 2) 8v(-2v - 9)

2p(5p - 2) 8d(-6d + 8)

2j(-4 - j) -8w(9 - w)

-7d(-6 + 8d) 3h(7 + 3h)

9t(-9t + 6) 7q(-q - 8)
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Synthetic Substitution
Evaluate each function at the given value.

1) f ( x) = x 4 + 2 x 3 − 13 x 2 + 15 x + 22 at x = −5

2) f (n) = 5n 5 − 6n 4 − 5n 3 − 10n 2 + 5n + 10 at n = 2

3) f ( x) = x 5 + x 4 − 15 x 3 − 19 x 2 − 6 x + 1 at x = 4

4) f (n) = n 4 + n 3 − 15n 2 − 24n + 18 at n = 4

5) f ( x) = x 5 − 5 x 4 − 4 x 3 + 18 x 2 + 9 x + 10 at x = 5

6) f (a) = a 4 + a 3 − 9a 2 + 9a − 9 at a = 2

7) f (m) = −5m 5 + 11m 4 + 9m 3 + 11m 2 − 8m + 4 at m = 3

8) f (n) = −4n 4 − 15n 3 − 6n 2 + 14n + 22 at n = −3

9) f (a) = −a 5 + 3a 4 + 14a 3 + 8a 2 + 5a + 16 at a = −2

10) f (a) = a 4 − 6a 3 + 14a 2 − 18a + 4 at a = 3

11) f ( x) = x 5 + 3 x 4 − 3 x 3 − 12 x 2 − 13 x − 20 at x = −3

12) f (m) = 3m 5 + 7m 4 − 8m 3 − 5m 2 + 4m − 5 at m = −3
 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Simplify each expression.

1) (5 + 5n 3 ) − (1 − 3n 3 ) 2) (6a − 3a 2 ) + (2a 2 − 3a)

3) ( x 2 − x) + (8 x − 2 x 2 ) 4) (2a 2 + 4a 3 ) − (3a 3 + 8)

5) (5 x 2 + 4) − (5 + 5 x 3 ) 6) (8n 2 − 2n 3 ) + (6n 3 − 8n 2 )

7) (8b 3 + 8) − (6 − 7b 3 ) 8) (4 x 3 − 6) + (5 x 3 + 3)

9) (10 p 4 + 11) − (11 p 4 + 13 + 16 p 2 ) 10) (20v 2 − 9v 3 ) − (7v 3 − 10v 4 − 14v 2 )

11) (10 x 4 − 16) + (12 − 6 x 3 + 11 x 4 ) 12) (14 + 12a 3 ) + (17a 4 + 15 − 5a 3 )

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 13) (17v 2 − 8) + (17v 2 + 10 + v 3 ) 14) (20n + 11n 4 ) − (15n + 16n 2 − 17n 4 )

15) (10k 4 + 17k 3 ) − (14k 3 − 2k + 9k 4 ) 16) (9r + 6r 4 ) + (12r − 2r 4 − 17)

17) (6r + 2 + 8r 3 ) − (5r 3 − 11 − 8r 5 ) − (6r + 9r 5 ) 18) (9a 4 + 1 − 11a 2 ) − (a + 8a 2 + 2) − (6a 2 − 9)

19) (9k − 9 − 12k 4 ) − (4k + k 4 + 4) − (10 + 7k) 20) (8 x 4 − 12 + 3 x) − (9 x 4 + 7 − 11 x) + (9 x + 8)

21) (7r 2 + r 3 − 3) + (6r 3 − 3r 2 + 10) + (2 + r 2 ) 22) (10 x + 8 x 5 − 2) + (12 + x − 6 x 4 ) − ( x 4 − x 2 )

23) ( p 4 + 8 p + 6) + (7 p − 3 p 4 + 6) − (10 + 10 p) 24) (9n 5 + 2n − 11) − (11n − 7n 5 + 3) − (5 + 7n)

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Multiplying/Dividing Monomials
Simplify.

1) 7x6 ⋅ 2x3 2)  x   x 

3) 7−x3− ⋅ 5x3 4)  x   x   x 

5) 3x 9y6 ⋅ 9x4 6)  x  y   x  y 

7) 7y5 ⋅ 3x 01y3 8)  x  y   x  y   x 

9) −x 3y4z3 ⋅ 2x y4z3 10)  x  y  z   x  y 

11) 2−x 2y3z ⋅ 2x 4y4z3 12) yz   x  y 

13) zx2 ⋅ 3y2z4 ⋅ 2xyz 14)  x  y  z   y x  z 

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 x   x 
15) 16)
 x  x 

 x  y   x 
17) 18)
 xy   x  y 

 x  y   x  y 
19) 20)
 x  y   x  y 

 x  y   x  y 
21) 22)
 y  xy 

 xy  z   x  z 
23) 24)
 xy  z   xy  z

a  p 
25) 26)
a  p 

 x  y   xyz
27) 28)
 x  y  z  x  z 

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