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LAP 3A
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| whole numbers | {0, 1, 2, 3, 4…} |
| Prime factorization | expressing a composite number as the product of prime numbers |
| repeating decimal | a decimal number that repeats one or more digits |
| composite numbers | natural number greater than 1 that is divisible by a number other than 1 and itself |
| Density of Rational Numbers | Between any two rational numbers there exist infinitely many rational numbers |
| integers | whole numbers and their opposites |
| additive inverse | numbers that have the same absolute value but different signs |
| Greatest Common Divisor | the largest number that divides evenly into two or more numbers |
| prime numbers | natural numbers greater than one whose only factors are one and the number itself |
| Least Common Multiple | the smallest number that is a common multiple of two or more numbers |
| rational number | a number that can be written in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b does not equal 0 |
| irrational number | a nonrepeating or nonterminating decimal |
| principal square root | the positive square root of a number |
| quotient | the answer to a division problem |
| radicand | the number or expression contained in a radical sign |
| rationalizing the denominator | the process of rewriting a radical expression to remove the square root from the denominator |
| terminating decimal | A decimal number that ends |
| absolute value | the distance a number is from zero, always a nonnegative value |
| natural numbers | {1, 2, 3, 4, …} |