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Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Answer Key

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Terms
#1 What is an additive inverse? opposite
#2 What are the two methods of solving an addition or subtraction problem? vertical and horizontal
#3 What is a polynomial? a monomial or the sum of monomials
#4 What does the ^ symbol mean? exponent
#5 What is the difference in a polynomial and a monomial? A polynomial is made up of more than one monomial.
Adding
#1 (6n^2-4)+(-2n^2+9) 4n^2+5
#2 (3x^3 + 3x^2 – 4x + 5) + (x^3 – 2x^2 + x – 4) 4x^3 + 1x^2 – 3x + 1
#3 (7x^2 – x – 4) + (x^2 – 2x – 3) + (–2x^2 + 3x + 5) 6x^2 – 2
#4 (x^3 + 5x^2 – 2x) + (x^3 + 3x – 6) + (–2x^2 + x – 2) 2x^3 + 3x^2 + 2x – 8
#5 ( x^2 - 10x + 6 ) + ( 9x^2 + x + 10 ) 10x^2 - 9x + 16
Subtraction
#1 ( -10ab^2 + 100ab + 6b^2 ) - ( 8a^2b - 7ab + 4b^2 ) -10ab^2 - 8a^2b + 107ab + 2b^2
#2 ( -3x^2 + 1 ) - ( -6x^3 - 4x + 5 ) 6x^3 - 3x^2 + 4x - 4
#3 ( -xy^2 - 10x - 8y^2 ) - ( 10xy^2 - 9x^2 - 3y^2 + 9 ) -11xy^2 + 9x^2 - 5y^2 - 10x - 9
#4 ( 6ab^2 + 60ab - 6b^2 ) - ( -5a^2b + 9ab - 8b^2 ) 6ab^2 + 5a^2b + 51ab + 2b^2
#5 ( 10x^2 - 100x - 9 ) - ( 3x^2 + 8x + 1 ) 7x^2 - 108x - 10
Mixed
#1 ( x - 10 ) + ( 2x - 6 ) - ( 5x - 8 ) -2x - 8
#2 ( 3x - 30 ) + ( -9x + 9 ) - ( -10x + 8 ) 4x - 29
#3 ( -3x + 30 ) + ( 5x - 7 ) - ( -8x - 6 ) 10x + 29 10x + 29
#4 ( -4x - 40 ) + ( 9x - 1 ) - ( 7x + 6 ) -2x - 47
#5 (9x^3+3x-13)-(6x^2-5x)+(2x^3-x^2-8x+4) 11x^3-7x^2-9
Review
#1 Molly has (4x + 10) dollars and Ron has (-5x + 20) dollars. How much money do they have altogether? –x + 30
#2 Luke’s CD costs $(3x + 1.95) dollars and Jim’s CD costs $(4x + 0.75) dollars. How much more is Luke’s CD? –x + 1.20
#3 Subtract 11x^3 + 18x^2 + 15 from 5x^6 + 6x^5 + 19x^4 –8x^2 + 22x + 4
#4 In subtracting polynomials what do you do? add the additive inverse(OPPOSITE)
#5 What is the first step in adding polynomials? combine like terms
Final Question
simplify ( 7a^2 - 70ab - 6b^2 ) + ( 2ab + 9b^2 - 5 ) 7a^2 - 68ab + 3b^2 - 5