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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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base | A number used as a repeated factor. |
Distributive Property | The property that states that multiplying or dividing a sum by a number is the same as multiplying or dividing each addend by the number and then adding the products or quotients. |
evaluate | To find the value of an expression. |
exponent | A number that tells how many times a base is used as a factor. |
inverse operations | Opposite operations that undo each other; addition and subtraction are inverse operations; multiplication and division are inverse operations. |
numerical expression | A mathematical phrase that has numbers and operation signs but no equal sign. |
order of operation | The process for evaluating expressions. |
period | Each group of three digits separated by commas in a multidigit number. |