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chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Integer | the set of whole numbers and their opposites |
| absolute value | the distance between a number and 0 on a number line the absolute value of a number a is written as a |
| Opposites | two number that are the same distance from 0 on a number line,but an opposite sides of 0 |
| additive inverse | the opposite of a number |
| associative property of addition | changing the group of addends does not change the sum |
| associative property of multiplication | changing the group of factors does not change the product |
| commutative property of addition | commutative property of addition |
| distributive property | to multiply a sum or a difference by number multiply each number in the sum or difference by the number outside the parentheses.Then evaluate. |
| order of operations | the order in which to perform when evaluating expressions with more than one operation |