Answer: For an expression to be a polynomial term, any variables in the expression must have whole-number powers (or else the "understood" power of 1, as in x1, which is normally written as x). A plain number can also be a polynomial term. In particular, for an expression to be a polynomial term, it must contain no square roots of variables, no fractional or negative powers on the variables, and no variables in the denominators of any fractions.
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