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Math Stack
| Integer | The set of whole numbers and their opposites |
| absolute value | The distance between a number zero and on a number line |
| Opposites | two numbers that have the same distance from zero but are opposites of each other |
| additive inverse | The opposite of a number |
| associative property of addition | changing the grouping of addends does not change the sum |
| associative property of multiplication | changing the grouping of products does not change the product |
| commutative property of addition | changing the order of addends does not change the sum. |
| commutative property of multiplication | Changing the order of factors does not change the product. |
| distributive property | To multiply a sum or difference by a number, multiply each number in the sum or difference by the number outside the parentheses. Then evaluate. |
| order of operation | 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 = 0 |
| whole number | the numbers 0,1,2,3,4... |
| terminating decimal | A decimal that ends |
| repeating decimal | a decimal that has a pattern that repeats |