-8m^3 + 11m....notice that it has 2 terms....(-8m^3) and (11m). Having 2 terms makes it a binomial...if it would have had 3 terms, it would have been a trinomial. If it has only one variable, the degree is the highest exponent...so this has a degree of 3 since ^3 is the highest exponent. so ur answer is : binomial with a degree of 3