Question

What is the name of the polynomial by degree and number of term of `6a^6+2a^5-2a^4+7`?

Answer 1

This is a sextic (or hexic) polynomial with four terms.

Explanation:

The four terms are `6a^6`, `2a^5`, `-2a^4` and `7`.

The terms are all scalar multiples of non-negative integer powers of `a`, so this is a polynomial in `a`.

The degree of the polynomial is the highest power of `a` in any term, in this case `6`.