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Math Vocab Ch1
Math vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| net value | The value you get after adding or subtracting |
| Additive Inverse | opposite of a number |
| rational numbers | rational numbers are all integers, fractions, repeating decimals and terminating decimals |
| integers | a positive number, a negative number or zero but not a fraction or a decimal fraction. |
| simplify | put in smallest form |
| evaluate | solve and use substitution if necessary |
| mean | the mean is the total of all the scores or amounts,divided by, how many scores or amounts there were |
| average | Often the word average refers to the mean |
| order of operations | The order in which to perform operations when evaluative expressions with more than one operation |
| associative property | Change the groupings of addends or factors does not change the sum or product |
| commutative property | Changing the order of addends or factors does not change the sum or product |
| fraction | any part of a group, number or whole. |
| decimals | a number written using the base 10 value system; a number separates the whole from the part (fraction) |
| equation | a mathematical statement containing an equals sign |
| absolute value | the distance the number is from zero on the number line, never negative |
| opposite | two numbers having the same numeral but different signs. |
| product | answer to a multiplication problem |
| sum | answer to an addition problem |