How many terms are there in 4a^3 + 2a^2 -10?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
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How many terms are there in 4a^3 + 2a^2 -10?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
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4a³ = 1 term
2a² = 1 term
-10 = 1 term
Total = 3 terms
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How many terms are there in 4a^3 + 2a^2 -10?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Answer: C. 3
The terms are 4a^3, 2a^2, and -10
What is a term?
• A term is a single mathematical expression. It may be a single number either a positive or negative, a single variable or a letter, several variables multiplied but never added or subtracted. Some terms contain variables with a number in front of them and a exponent partnered with a constant or a variable.
Example:
• In the term, 5x + y, it has 2 terms because the term can be a constant partnered with a variable or a single variable.
• In this term 2x^2 + 5x - x, it has 2 terms because a term can be a exponent partnered with a variable or a constant or either both of them.
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