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Chapter 1 &2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |