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Algebraic Connections Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Prime number   A number greater than 1 that has only itself and 1 as a factor  
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Composite number   A number greater than 1 that is divisible by a number other than itself and 1  
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Prime factorization   Expressing a composite number as the product of prime numbers  
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Greatest common factor   The largest number that is a factor of the original numbers  
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Least common multiple   The smallest number that is divisible by both numbers  
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Rational numbers   The set of all the numbers that can be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are not equal to 0  
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Terminating decimal   A decimal that ends  
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Repeating decimal   A decimal that has a part that repeats  
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Reciprocal   Two numbers whose product is 1  
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Scientific notation   A number expressed in the form of a x 10^n, where a is a number between 1 and 10 and n is an integer  
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Irrational number   The set of numbers whose decimal representations are neither terminating nor repeating  
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Perfect square   A number that is a square of a whole number  
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Rationalizing the denominator   The process of rewriting a radical to remove the square root from the denominator  
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Real numbers   The set of rational and irrational numbers  
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Natural numbers   The counting numbers  
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Whole numbers   The natural numbers and zero  
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Integers   The whole numbers and their opposites  
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