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4-1 Practice
Operations with Polynomials
Simplify. Assume that no variable equals 0.
1. 𝑛5 · 𝑛2 𝒏𝟕 2. 𝑦 7 · 𝑦 3· 𝑦 2 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝟏
3. 𝑡 9 · 𝑡 −8 t 4. 𝑥 −4 · 𝑥 −4 · 𝑥 4 𝒙𝟒
−𝟖𝒄𝟗
5. (2𝑓 4 )6 64𝒇𝟐𝟒 6. (−2𝑏−2 𝑐 3 )3
𝒃𝟔
𝟐𝟎𝒅𝟑 𝒕𝟐
7. (4𝑑2 𝑡 5 𝑣 −4)(–5d𝑡 −3 𝑣 −1 ) − 8. 8u(2𝑧)3 64u𝒛𝟑
𝒗𝟓
12𝑚8 𝑦 6 𝟒𝒎𝟕 𝒚𝟐 −6𝑛5 𝑥 3 𝒏𝟒
9. −9𝑚𝑦 4
− 10. 18𝑛𝑥 7
− 𝟑𝒙𝟒
𝟑
−27𝑥 3 (−𝑥 7 ) 𝟐𝟕𝒙𝟔 2 2 𝟒
11. 16𝑥 4
12. (3𝑟2 𝑡 3 𝑧6 )
𝟏𝟔 𝟗𝒓𝟒 𝒕𝟔 𝒛𝟏𝟐
𝟐𝟓𝟔
13. –(4𝑤 −3 𝑧 −5 )(8w)2 − 𝒘𝒛𝟓 14. (𝑚4 𝑛6 )4 (𝑚3 𝑛2 𝑝5 )6 𝒎𝟑𝟒 𝒏𝟑𝟔 𝒑𝟑𝟎
4 3 −2 𝟔
3 4 2𝑥 3 𝑦 2 𝒚
15. ( 𝑑 −2 𝑓 4 ) (− 𝑑5 𝑓) –12𝒅𝟕 𝒇𝟏𝟗 16. ( 2 5 )
2 3 −𝑥 𝑦 𝟒𝒙𝟐
(3𝑥 −2 𝑦 3 )(5𝑥𝑦 −8 ) 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟏 −20(𝑚2 𝑣)(−𝑣)3 𝟒𝒗𝟐
17. (𝑥 −3 )4 𝑦 −2
18. 5(−𝑣)2 (−𝑚4 )
− 𝒎𝟐
𝒚𝟑
19. (3𝑛2 + 1) + (8𝑛2 – 8) 20. (6w – 11𝑤 2 ) – (4 + 7𝑤 2 )
11𝒏𝟐 – 7 –18𝒘𝟐 + 6w – 4
21. (w + 2t)(𝑤 2 – 2wt + 4𝑡 2 ) 22. (x + y)(𝑥 2 – 3xy + 2𝑦 2 )
𝒘𝟑 + 8𝒕𝟑 𝒙𝟑 – 2𝒙𝟐 y – x𝒚𝟐 + 2𝒚𝟑
23. BANKING Terry invests $1500 in two mutual funds. The first year, one fund grows 3.8% and the other grows 6%.
Write a polynomial to represent the amount Terry’s $1500 grows to in that year if x represents the amount he invested
in the fund with the lesser growth rate. –0.022x + 1590
24. GEOMETRY The area of the base of a rectangular box measures 2𝑥 2 + 4x – 3 square units. The height of the box
measures x units. Find a polynomial expression for the volume of the box. 2𝒙𝟑 + 4𝒙𝟐 – 3x units3
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