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STEELE--Algebra Chpt 1 Vocabulary

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VARIABLE   LETTER OR SYMBOL USED TO REPRESENT A VALUE THAT CAN CHANGE  
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CONSTANT   VALUE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE  
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NUMERICAL EXPRESSION   MAY CONTAIN ONLY CONSTANTS AND OPERATIONS  
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ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION   MAY CONTAIN VARIABLES, CONSTANTS, AND OPERATIONS  
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EVALUATE   TO FIND THE VALUE  
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ABSOLUTE VALUE   DISTANCE FROM 0 ON THE NUMBER LINE (CAN ONLY BE POSITIVE)  
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OPPOSITES   WHEN THE SUM OF 2 NUMBERS IS 0  
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ADDITIVE INVERSE   A NUMBER AND ITS OPPOSITE  
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POWER   AN EXPRESSION WRITTEN WITH A POWER AND A BASE  
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SQUARE ROOT   A NUMBER MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF TO FORM A PRODUCT  
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PERFECT SQUARE   NUMBER WHOSE POSITIVE SQUARE ROOT IS A WHOLE NUMBER (0,1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100 etc)  
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NATURAL NUMBERS   THE COUNTING NUMBERS  
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WHOLE NUMBERS   COUNTING NUMBERS plus 0  
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INTEGERS   WHOLE NUMBERS AND THEIR OPPOSITES  
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RATIONAL NUMBERS   NUMBERS IN FRACTION FORM  
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TERMINATION DECIMALS   RATIONAL NUMBERS THAT HAVE A FINITE NUMBER OF DIGITS  
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REPEATING DECIMALS   RATIONAL NUMBERS IN DECIMAL FORM THAT REPEAT CONTINUOUSLY  
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ORDER OF OPERATIONS   Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract)  
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TERMS   PARTS OF AN EXPRESSION THAT ARE TO BE ADDED OR SUBTRACTED  
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LIKE TERMS   TERMS THAT CONTAIN THE SAME VARIABLE RAISED TO THE SAME POWER  
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COEFFICIENT   NUMBER MULTIPLIED BY A VARIABLE  
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COORDINATE PLANE   FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF TWO PERPENDICULAR NUMBER LINES  
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AXES   THE PERPENDICULAR LINES THAT INTERSECT IN A COORDINATE PLANE  
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ORIGIN   POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE X AND Y AXES  
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X-AXIS   HORIZONTAL LINE OF THE COORDINATE PLANE  
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Y-AXIS   VERTICAL LINE OF THE COORDINATE PLANE  
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ORDERED PAIR   CONSISTS OF AN X-COORDINATE AND A Y-COORDINATE (x,y)  
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QUADRANTS   THE DIVISION OF THE COORDINATE PLANES BY THE X AND Y AXES (I,II,III,IV)  
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INPUT   A VALUE SUBSTITUTED FOR x  
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OUTPUT   A VALUE SUBSTITUTED FOR y  
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