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Quiz #5 Vocabulary
TERRELL: Quiz #5 Vocabulary - Terms to be included on Integers Quiz. 2/06
TERM | DEFINITION | EXAMPLE |
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ALGORITHM | A plan, or series of steps, for doing a computation. | To get to Roche Bros.: 1) Exit WMS onto Donizetti. 2) Make a right onto Donizetti. 3) Make a left onto Linden and walk about 3 minutes down the street. 4) When you see Roche Bros. across the street, use the crosswalk to go across to the store. |
COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY | A property of real numbers that states that the order of the addition or multiplication of two or more numbers does not change the result. | 2 • 3 = 3 • 2 because 2 • 3 = 6 and 3 • 2 = 6 |
ABSOLUTE VALUE | The distance of a number from 0 on the number line. | |-3| = 3 because -3 is 3 spaces away from 0 on the number line. |
EQUIVALENT | Having the same value. | 3+4 is equivalent to 2+5 because both expressions have a value of 7 |