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Chapter 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| base | In a power, the number that is the common factor. |
| cube root | One of three equal factors of a number. |
| exponent | Ina power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. |
| irrational number | A number that cannot be expressed as the quotient |
| monomial | A number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables |
| perfect cube | A rational number whose cube root is a whole number. |
| power | A rational number whose square root is a whole number |
| radical sign | A product of repeated factors using an exponent and a base |
| rational number | Numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers in which the denominator is not zero. 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 number digit is zero |