A monomial is a real number, a variable, or a product of a real number and one or more variables with whole number exponents. The degree of a monomial is the sum of the exponents of its variables. The degree of a nonzero constant is 0.
4x^2y^3
The degrees of x and y are 2 and 3, respectively. We find the degree of the monomial by adding 2 and 3.
2+ 3=5
