In the last election the newly-formed political party won

Question

1. Write the expression in simplest exponential form.

(–5) • (–5) • (–5) • (–5)

2. Simplify the expression.

(x⁷)⁴

3. Use the properties of exponents to simplify the expression.

(–2y³)⁰

5. Use the properties of exponents to simplify the expression.

m^–3 • m⁶

6. Express the number 0.000000325 in scientific notation.

7. In the last election, the newly-formed political party won 629,000 votes.  Express the number in scientific notation.

10. True or False:  A polynomial with three terms is called a binomial.

11. Is the following expression a polynomial?

5x³ + 7x +  7/x

12. The degree of a polynomial is always determined by the power of the first term appearing in the polynomial.

13. Write the polynomial in descending order.

4x² + 2x⁴ + 18x⁵ –12x³ + x+ 9

14. Add the polynomials and write the resulting polynomial in descending order.

x² + 6x – 4 and 3x² + 6x + 1