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RBMS PACE Nbr Theory
Number Theory
Question | Answer |
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in a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor | exponent |
a number that contains the symbol indicating that a square root should be performed (!) | radical |
a whole number or its opposite | integer |
numbers whose decimal form is non-terminating and do not have a pattern | irrational numbers |
numbers written using exponents | powers |
the comparison of two numbers that can be written in various ways | ratio |
a number that can be written as a ratio of two integers | rational numbers |
all the numbers on the continuous number line with no gaps | real numbers |
a way of expressing numbers as the product of a number that is at least 1 but less than 10 and a power of 10 | scientific notation |
one of the two equal factors of a number. “What number multiplied by itself gives me this number?” | square root |
describes a numerical value written out with no exponents | standard form |