Question

Organize the following expressions from greatest to least by number of terms:

Answer 1

To organize the expressions according to the number of terms, you should understand what a term is. A term is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together. Terms are separated by + or − signs. It is organized as follows:

2x2y + x2 - 3x + 4
3x + y + z
x + 2xyz
9x2yz