Card Sort - Topic 1.6 Polynomial End Behavior
Card Sort - Topic 1.6 Polynomial End Behavior
Directions: Sort the given cards into the four categories below based on their end behaviors.
Card Sort: Topic 1.6 Polynomial End Behavior Created by Bryan Passwater
A B C
As the input values increase without
As the input values increase or bound, the output values decrease As the input values increase or
decrease without bound, the output without bound. As the input values decrease without bound, the output
values decrease without bound. decrease without bound, the output values increase without bound.
values increase without bound.
D E F
As the input values increase without
bound, the output values increase
without bound. As the input values 𝑓(𝑥 ) = −2𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 − 7 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 3(𝑥 − 2)2 (𝑥 + 1)3
decrease without bound, the output
values decrease without bound.
G H I
1
𝑓(𝑥 ) = −𝑥 2 (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 4) 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 4𝑥 − 3𝑥 6 + 5 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 3 + (𝑥 − 5)
2
J K L
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 4 + 1 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = (9 − 𝑥 2 )(𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4)
M N O
P Q R
−3𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 , 𝑥 ≤ 0 𝑥 5 − 2𝑥 2 + 1, 𝑥<1
𝑓 (𝑥 ) = { 𝑓(𝑥) = {
−𝑓 (𝑥 ), 𝑥>0 −𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 + 3, 𝑥>1
Card Sort: Topic 1.6 Polynomial End Behavior Created by Bryan Passwater