Math Vocabulary
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| the number that is multiplied by itself when the power is raised | base
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| the number that tells how many times the base is used as a factor | exponent
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| the way to write a number using a base and an exponent | exponential notation
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| a common way to write a number using commas after every three digits starting from the right | standard form
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| a name for a number to the second power | squared
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| a name for a number to the third power | cubed
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| a letter or symbol that represents a number that can vary or change | variable
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| a mathematical phrase that has numbers, operations, and a variable but no equal sign | expression
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| the same number can be added to both sides of an equation and the sides remain equal | addition property of equality
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| the same number can be subtracted to both sides of an equation and the sides remain equal | subtraction property of equality
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| number sentences that uses an equal sign to show that two expressions have the same value | equation
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| operations that undo each other or opposite operations (subtraction is inverse of addition and multiplication is inverse of division) | inversere operations
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| both sides of an equation can be multiplied by the same nonzero number and the sides remain equal | multiplication property of equality
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| both sides of an equation can be divided by the same nonzero number and the sides remain equal | division property of equality
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| the number you're dividing by | divisor
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| numbers you can compute in your head easily | compatible numbers
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| the answer to a division problem, not including the remainder | quotient
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| the number you are dividing | dividend
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| the number left over after you divide | remainder
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| the property that states that multiplying or dividing a sum by a number is the same as multiplying or dividing each addend by the number and then adding the products or quotients | distributive property
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| to solve | evaluate
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| a math phrase that has numbers and operation signs but no equal sign | numerical expression
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| the order that you should use to correctly solve math problems | order of operations
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| each group of three digits separated by commas in a multi-digit number | period
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| to find an answer that is close to the exact amount | estimate
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| states that if you know that one quanity is equal to another, you can substitute that quantity for the other in an equation | substitution property of equality
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| the set of whole numbers and their opposites (-5, +5), positive integer- any integer greater than 0 | integer
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| any integer less than zero | negative integer
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| any integer greater than zero | positive integer
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