In here is a painless method of evaluating functions at whatever value you want and an investigation to see what those cool-looking graphs of polynomial functions look like at their "ends".
Algebra II 7 (A) add, subtract, and multiply complex numbers;
Algebra II 7 (B) add, subtract, and multiply polynomials;
Algebra II 7 (C) determine the quotient of a polynomial of degree three and of degree four when divided by a polynomial of degree one and of degree two;
Algebra II 7 (D) determine the linear factors of a polynomial function of degree three and of degree four using algebraic methods;
Algebra II 7 (E) determine linear and quadratic factors of a polynomial expression of degree three and of degree four, including factoring the sum and difference of two cubes and factoring by grouping;
Algebra II 7 (I) write the domain and range of a function in interval notation, inequalities, and set notation