Question

Organize the following expressions from greatest to least by number of terms:


x + 2xyz
3x + y + z
2x2y + x2 - 3x + 4
9x2yz
III, II, I, IV

III, I, IV, II

I, II, IV, III

II, I, III, IV

Answer 1

Just count the number of "things" you are adding and subtracting.
For example,
This: 3xyz - 2x2y + 4y3 + 5x2 - x2
has 1 2 3 4 5
5 terms

Answer 2

No that isnt what they are asking.

1.Organize the following expressions from greatest to least by number of terms:


I. x + 2xyz
II. 3x + y + z
III. 2x2y + x2 - 3x + 4
IV. 9x2yz
III, II, I, IV

III, I, IV, II

I, II, IV, III

II, I, III, IV

Answer 3

Yes, that is definitely what they are asking. You have to count the number of terms, just like I did in my example for each of those 4 things and put them in order from the one with the least number of terms up to the one with the most terms.

Answer 4

sorry. put them in order starting with the one with the most terms and then going down to the one with the least

Answer 5

they want you to count the exponents so for I. it would be 3 right?

Answer 6

No. Exponents have nothing to do with this. They are irrelevant. Look at my example again.
Example
This: 3xyz - 2x2y + 4y3 + 5x2 - x2
has 1 2 3 4 5
5 terms

Answer 7

ooh ok, i must have been confused with another problem they were asking, so for I,=2,
2=3, 3=4, 4=1

Answer 8

Right!

Answer 9

so the answer would be the first one right?

Answer 10

That's what I get. Correct

Answer 11

thank you for all your help!

Answer 12

No problem