is n^2-3 a monomial

I see 2 terms

monomial means ONE term

A man decided to give 12 pieces of candy to each of the girls in his town and 8 pieces of candy to each of the boys. Of the 612 children in his town, only half the girls and three quarters of the boys were allowed to take the candy. How many pieces of candy did the gentleman have to buy?

No, the expression n^2-3 is not a monomial. A monomial is a mathematical expression that consists of only a single term. In this case, the expression n^2-3 has two terms: n^2 and -3. To determine if a given expression is a monomial, you need to check if it consists of only one term with no addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division operators.