How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms #12x^3 + 5 + 5x^2- 6x^2- 3x^3 - 9 - x#? Algebra Polynomials and Factoring Polynomials in Standard Form 1 Answer sankarankalyanam Jun 15, 2018 #color(green)("Degree of polynomial " - 3# #color(green)("No. of terms " - 4# Explanation: #12x^3 + 5 + 5x^2 -6x^2 - 3x^3 -9 - x# #12x^3 - 3x^3 + 5x^2 - 6x^2 - x - 9 + 5, color(purple)(" rearranging like terms together and in the decreasing order of the exponant"# #9x^3 - x^2 - x - 4, color(purple)(" simplifying"# #color(green)("Degree of polynomial " - 3# #color(green)("No. of terms " - 4# Answer link Related questions What is a Polynomial? How do you rewrite a polynomial in standard form? How do you determine the degree of a polynomial? What is a coefficient of a term? Is #x^2+3x^{\frac{1}{2}}# a polynomial? How do you express #-16+5f^8-7f^3# in standard form? What is the degree of #16x^2y^3-3xy^5-2x^3y^2+2xy-7x^2y^3+2x^3y^2#? What is the degree of the polynomial #x^4-3x^3y^2+8x-12#? What is the difference between a monomial, binomial and polynomial? How do you write #y = 2/3x + 5# in standard form? See all questions in Polynomials in Standard Form Impact of this question 1542 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License