Polynomials (Jump to: Lecture | Video )

Figure 1.

The degree of a monomial is the sum of the exponents of its variables.

Figure 2.

Above, the monomial on the left has a degree of 1. The monomial on the right has a degree of 5.

The degree of a polynomial is equal to the degree of its greatest monomial.

Figure 3.

The degree of this polynomial is 5.