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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| base | in a power, the number that is the common factor. |
| cube root | one of three equal factors of a number. |
| exponent | in a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. |
| irrational number | A number that cannot be expressed as the quotent a/b, where a and b are integers and b = 0 |
| monomial | a number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables |
| perfect cube | rational number whose cube root is a whole number. 27 is a perfect cube because its cube root is 3 |
| perfect square | A rational number whose square is a whole number. 25 is a perfect square because its square root is five |
| power | A product of repeated factors using an exponent and a base |
| radical sign | the symbol used to indicate a positive square root |
| rational number | numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers in which the denominator is not 0, All integers, fractions, mixed numbers , and percents are rational numbers |
| repeating decimal | decimal form of a rational number |
| scientific notation | A compact way of writing numbers with absolute values that are very large or very small |
| square root | one of the two equal factors of a number. |
| terminating decimal | A repeating decimal where the repeating digit is 0 |