We are given an expression and we are asked to know how many terms are in it. Let us remember that a term can be a single variable, a number or a variable multiplied by a number. Therefore, in the expression:
![-4x^2+3x-11](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/w3kue5pzb0on6wdegqs9uwlie6jeo8rn0s.png)
We have the terms
![\begin{gathered} -4x^2 \\ 3x \\ 11 \end{gathered}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/izlwbufw5a29ks74rsfus9gv0r92jy28u6.png)
Therefore, there are 3 terms in the expression