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Mathematics Pre-Test What I Know

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about polynomials and their properties including: identifying polynomial functions; determining degrees, leading coefficients, and constant terms of polynomials; writing polynomials in standard and factored forms; and identifying types of polynomial functions. The questions cover topics such as determining if a function is a polynomial, identifying coefficients and terms of polynomials, writing polynomials in different forms, and relating polynomial degree to exponents of terms.

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Mathematics Pre-Test What I Know

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about polynomials and their properties including: identifying polynomial functions; determining degrees, leading coefficients, and constant terms of polynomials; writing polynomials in standard and factored forms; and identifying types of polynomial functions. The questions cover topics such as determining if a function is a polynomial, identifying coefficients and terms of polynomials, writing polynomials in different forms, and relating polynomial degree to exponents of terms.

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MATHEMATICS

WHAT I KNOW

PAGE 2
1. Which of the following is the value of n in f(x) = xn if f is a polynomial
function?
A. √2 B. 2 C. −2 D. ½

2. Which of the following is NOT a polynomial function?


A. f(x) = 0
B. f(x) = 1
C. f(x) = x2 + x + 1
D. f(x) = -1/2x

3. Which of the following is a polynomial function?


i. f(x) = x−3 + 2x + 1 ii. f(x) = x2 + x + 1 iii. f(x) = √2 x2 + √x

A. i only B. ii only C. i and ii D. i and iii


4. What is the leading coefficient of f(x) = x2 + 4x3 + 1?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

5. What is the constant term of the polynomial function in number 4?


A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

6. What is the standard form of f(x) = (5x − 3)(25x2 + 15x + 9)?


A. −125x3 − 27
B. 125x3 − 27
C. −125x3 + 27
D. 125x3 + 27

7. What is the leading term of number 6?


A. −27 B. 27 C. 125x3 D. −125x3

8. What is the constant term of the polynomial in number 6?


A. −3 B. −9 C. 27 D. −27

9. Given that f(x) = 2x−2n + 8x2, what value should be assigned to n to make f
a function of degree 3?
A. −2/3
B. −3/2
C. 2/3
D. 3/2
10.How should the polynomial function f(x) = x4 − 8x2 +x2+ 4x3 +12 be written
in standard form?
A. f(x) = −8x2 + 4x3 +12+ x4 +x2
B. f(x) = x2+12− 8x2 + 4x3 + x4
C. f(x) = x4 + 4x3 − 8x2 +x2+12
D. f(x) =12+ 4x3 − 8x2 +x2+ x4

11. What is the leading coefficient of number 10?


A. −8 B. 1 C. 12 D. −4

12.What is the constant term of the polynomial in number 10?


A. −8 B. 1 C. 12 D. -4

13. How should f(x) = x4 + x3 + x2 + x be written in factored form?


A. f(x) = x(x + 1)(x2 + 1)
B. f(x) = x(1)(x2 + 1)
C. f(x) = x(x − 1)(x2 + 1)
D. f(x) = x(−1)(x2 + 1)
14. What is the factored form of f(x) = x3 + 3x2 − 4x − 12?
A. f(x) = (x + 2)(x − 2)(x + 3)
B. f(x) = (x + 2)(x + 2)(x + 3)
C. f(x) = (x − 2)(x − 2)(x + 3)
D. f(x) = (x − 2)(x − 2)(x − 3)

15.What is the factored form of y = 9x3 − 3x2 + 81x − 27?


A. y = −3(x2 + 9)(3x − 1)
B. y = 3(x2 + 9)(3x − 1)
C. y = 3(x2 − 9)(3x − 1)
D. y = 3(x2 + 9)(3x + 1)
WHAT I KNOW
PAGE 5
1. Which of the following is a monomial or a sum of monomials?
A. constant term
B. degree
C. leading term
D. polynomial

2. What function is y = x3 + 2x + 1?
A. Linear Function
B. Polynomial Function
C. Quadratic Function
D. Rational Function

3. What is the value of n in f(x) = xn if f is a polynomial function?


A. √3 B. 3 C. −3 D. 13

4. Which of the following is NOT a polynomial function?


A. P(x) = ax + b
B. P(x) = p(x)q(x)
C. P(x) = ax2 + bx + c
D. P(x) = ax4 + bx3 + cx4 + dx + e
For numbers 5-8, use the given function f(x) = 3x3 + 6x2 +x2+ 2x4 and choose
your answers below:
A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6

5. Which of the choices is the leading coefficient of the function? B


6. What is the constant term of the function? A
7. What is the degree of the function? C
8. Which is not a coefficient of the function? C

9. What type of polynomial function is f(x) = 3x3 + 6x2 +x2+ 2x4?


A. Cubic Polynomial Function
B. Quadratic Polynomial Function
C. Quartic Polynomial Function
D. Zero Polynomial Function

10. What type of polynomial function is P(x) = (x + 2)(x − 2)?


A. Cubic Polynomial Function
B. Quadratic Polynomial Function
C. Quartic Polynomial Function
D. Zero Polynomial Function
For numbers 11-14, use the polynomial function in number 10.
11.What is the leading term of the function?
A. x2
B. 2x2
C. 3x2
D. 4x2

12.What is the constant term of the function?


A. – 4 B. – 2 C. 0 D. 2

13.What is the degree of the function?


A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

14.Which is the leading coefficient of the function?


A. – 4 B. – 2 C. 0 D. 1

15.Given that f(x) = x−3n + 2x2, what value should be assigned to n to make f a
polynomial function of degree 4?
A. −43
B. −34
C. 23
D. 32

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