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Chpt 2 vocabulary
vocabulary words and definitions
Question | Answer |
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Bar notation | indicates that a number pattern repeats indefinitley . |
Base | In a power the number used as a factor. |
common denominator | A common multiple of the denominators of two or more |
Cubed | The product in which a number is a factor 3 times |
Exponent | In a power the number that tells how many times the base is used as a factor. |
Exponential form | Numbers written with exponents |
Factors | Two or more numbers that are multiplied together to form a product |
Least common denominator ( LCD ) | The least common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions You can use LCD to compare fractions . |
Like fractions | Fractions the have the same denominator |
Powers | Numbers expressed using exponents . |
Rational numbers | A number that can be expressed as a fraction . |
Repeating Decimal | Have a pattern in there digits that repeat forever . . |
Squared | The product of a number and itself. |
Standard form | Numbers written without exponents . |
Terminating decimal | A decimal whose digits end . Every terminating decimal can be written as a fraction with a denominator of 10, 100 , 1,000 and so on . |
Unlike fractions | Fractions with different denominators . |