number of terms in polynomial
Example: what is the degree of this polynomial: 4z3 + 5y2z2 + 2yz. Checking each term: 1  4z3 has a degree of 3 (z has an exponent of 3) 2  5y2z2 has a degree of 4 (y has an exponent of 2, z has 2, and 2+2=4)  2yz has a degree of 2 (y has an exponent of 1, z has 1, and 1+1=2)