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Math Vocab 10-3-17
Term | Definition |
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Integer | set of whole number and their opposites |
absolute value | the distance between a number 0 and a number line the absolute value of a number is written as | a |. |
Opposites | two number that are the same distance from 0 on a number line but on opposites sides of 0 |
additive inverse | The sum of any number and 0 is that number |
associative property of multiplication | changing the grouping of the factors does not change the product |
associative property of addition | the changing group of the addends does not change the sum |
commutative property of addition | Changing the grouping of the addends does not change the sum |
commutative property of multiplication | Changing the order of the factors does not change the product |
distributive property | Two multiply a sum or difference by a number multiply each number in the sum or difference in the sum or the difference by the number on the outside of the parthensess. Then evaluate |
order of operations | The order of which to perform operations when evaluating expressions with more than one operations |
rational number | A number that can be written be written as a/b where integers and b=0 |
whole number | the numbers 1,2,3,4... |
terminating decimal | A decimal that ends |
repeating decimal | A decimal that has a pattern that repeats |