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Polynomials: Pre-Assessment
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Pre-Assessment
The questions below are a preview of the new concepts and ideas that we will be exploring in this polynomials unit.
While you have not seen them before, you can use a variety of tools that you have already learned to answer
them. If you get stuck and cant think of where to start, write one thing you recognize in the problem.
Simplify:
1. (5 + 4) + (2 + 6)
2. (2 2 5 6) ( 2 3 + 11)
3. (2)( + 4)
4. ( 2 )(2 5)
5. ( + 2)( + 4)
6. (2 2 + 1)(3 9)
7. ( + 2)( 2 + 2 + 1)