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Math chapter 2
vocab
Question | Answer |
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natural numbers | The sets {1,2,3...} |
whole numbers | The set {0,1,2,3,...} |
integers | The set {...-2,-1,0,1,2} |
positive numbers | Any value that is greater then 0 |
negative numbers | Any value that is less then 0 |
rational numbers | The set of numbers expressed in the form of a fraction a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not equal to zero |
graph | To draw , or plot, the points named by certain numbers or ordered pairs on a number line or coordinate plane. |
coordinate plane | The plane containing the x and y-axis. |
absolute value | The absolute value of a number n is its distance from zero on a number line and is represented by I n I |
opposites | Every positive rational number and its negative pair. |
additive inverse | A number and its opposite are additive inverses of each other. The sum of a number an its additive inverse is 0. |
line plot | A number line labeled with a scale to include all the data with an x placed above a data point each time it occurs. |
frequency | How often a piece of data occurs |
stem-and-leaf plot | A system used to separate data into two numbers that are used to form a stem and a leaf. |
back to back stem and leaf plot | Used to compare to related sets of data |
measures of central tendency | Numbers or pieces of data that can represent the whole set of data |
probability | The ratio of the number of favorable outcomes for the event to the number of possible outcomes of the event. |
simple event | a single event |
sample space | The list of all possible outcomes. |
equally like | outcomes for which the probability for each occurring is equal |
odds | the ratio that compares the number of ways an event can occur to the number of ways an event cannot occur. |
square root | one of two equal factors of a number |
perfect square | a number whose square root is a rational number |
radical sign | The symbol used to indicate a nonnegative square root. |
principle square root | the non negative square root of a number |
irrational numbers | numbers that cannot be expressed at terminating or repeating decimals |
real numbers | The set of rational numbers and the set of irrational numbers together. |
completeness property | states that each point on a number line corresponds to exactly one real number |
rational approximation | A rational number that is close to , but not equal to, the value of an irrational number. |