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Math vocabulary

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The answer to subtraction problem   Difference  
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The answer to an addition problem   Sum  
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They are the same distance from zero on the number line   Opposites  
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A picture of a straight line on which every point is assumed to correspond to a real number and every real number to a point   Number Line  
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The distance that a number is from zero on a number line   Absolute value  
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Going from left to right   Horizontal  
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Going up to down   Vertical  
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Whole numbers and their opposites   Integer  
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One of a pair of numbers whose sum is zero   Additive Integers  
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A number that can be written as a fraction   Rational  
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Any integer greater than zero   Positive Integer  
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Any integer less than zero   Negative Integer  
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Multiply everything inside the parenthesis by the number in front of the parenthesis   Distributive Property  
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When a fraction is written in simplest forms   Lowest Terms  
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Top number of a fraction   Numerator  
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Bottom number of a fraction   Denominator  
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A number by which another number, the dividend, is divided   Divisor  
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A number multiplied with another number   Factor  
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The answer to a division problem   Quotient  
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The answer to a multiplication problem   Product  
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When something comes to an end   Terminating  
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Combine all like terms that can be combined and get rid of parenthesis to cut down on the number of terms in an expression   Simplify  
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Two numbers whose product is 1   Reciprocals  
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A ratio of two numbers representing part of a whole   Fraction  
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A number written with place value instead of fractions or mixed numbers   Decimal  
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Accounting number (1,2,3)   Natural Number  
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A number without a fraction or decimal, beginning with zero (0,1,2,3)   Whole Number  
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Natural number that is not divisible by two   Even Number  
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A number that cannot be written as a fraction (is the most famous one)   Irrational Number  
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Small number above and to the right of the base; tells how many times the base number is used as a factor   Exponent  
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Large, lower number in exponential notation, factor   Base  
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The expression under the radical sign   Radicand  
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One of two equal factors of a number   Square Root  
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A letter to represent a value   Variable  
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terms with exactly the same variable(s) with the same exponent   Like terms  
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A number, or group of numbers, written with operation signs (+,-,x,/)   Algebraic Expressions  
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Two expressions that are equal   Equation  
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One expression that is NOT equal to another   Inequality  
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A line that is the edge of a region of a graph of a linear inequality on a coordinate plane   Boundary Line  
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