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Hawkins Connections
Algebraic Connections Chapter 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prime number | A number greater than 1 that has only itself and 1 as a factor |
| Composite number | A number greater than 1 that is divisible by a number other than itself and 1 |
| Prime factorization | Expressing a composite number as the product of prime numbers |
| Greatest common factor | The largest number that is a factor of the original numbers |
| Least common multiple | The smallest number that is divisible by both numbers |
| 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 |
| Terminating decimal | A decimal that ends |
| Repeating decimal | A decimal that has a part that repeats |
| Reciprocal | Two numbers whose product is 1 |
| 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 |
| Irrational number | The set of numbers whose decimal representations are neither terminating nor repeating |
| Perfect square | A number that is a square of a whole number |
| Rationalizing the denominator | The process of rewriting a radical to remove the square root from the denominator |
| Real numbers | The set of rational and irrational numbers |
| Natural numbers | The counting numbers |
| Whole numbers | The natural numbers and zero |
| Integers | The whole numbers and their opposites |
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