Polynomials: Vocabulary & Classifying

Polynomials Vocabulary

● Variable (a letter) - represents a quantity that can

vary or change

● Constant (not changing fixed) - a number or symbol

for a non-changing value (6, 234, 𝜋 ) that is NOT
next to a letter (not being multiplied by a variable)

● Coefficient - a number or value NEXT TO A

LETTER or variable that acts as a multiplier
(including the invisible 1)

Polynomials Vocabulary

● Monomial - a number, a variable, or the product

of a number and one or more variables (1 term)

● Binomial - polynomial with 2 terms
● Trinomial - polynomial with 3 terms
● Polynomial - a monomial or the sum of

monomials (4 terms or more)

In your notebook, write the expression below and label it
(like in the examples above) with these vocabulary words:
Constant, Variable, Coefficient, Exponent, Base, Term.

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