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Chapter 1 &2 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Integer | the set of whole numbers and their opposites |
absolute value | The distance between the number 0 on a number line |
opposites | two numbers that are the same distance from 0 on the number line, but on the opposite side of 0 |
additive inverse | the difference between a number 0 on the number line |
Associative property of addition | changing the grouping of addends does not change the sum |
Associative property of multiplication | changing the grouping of factors does not change the product |
Commutative property of addition | changing the orders of addends does not change the sum |
Commutative property of multiplication | changing the orders of factors does not change the product |
Distributive property | to multiply the sum or difference of a number, multiply each number in the sum or difference by the number outside the () |
Order of operations | the order in which to perform operations when evaluating expressions with more than one operation |
Rational number | a number that can be written as a/b where a and b are integers and b = O |
Whole number | the numbers 0, 1, 2, 4, …... |
Terminating decimal | a decimal that ends |
Repeating decimal | a decimal that has a pattern that repeats |