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Ch.1
math vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Value | The absolute value of a number a is its distance from 0 on a number line. The absolute value of a number a is writteen as a. |
| Opposites | Are numbers that have the same absolute value but different signs. |
| Integer | Numbers that are consisting of negative integer 0 and positive integers. |
| Additive Inverse | the additive inverse of a number is its opposites the sum of a number and its additives inserve is 0. |
| Natural Numbers | Natural numbers are all positive integers from 1 to infinity. They do not include zero, negative numbers or decimals. |
| Rational Numbers | is a type of real number, which is in the form of p/q where q is not equal to zero. |
| Real Numbers | Some of the examples of real numbers are 23, -12, 6.99, 5/2, π, and so on. |
| Whole Numbers | a number without fractions; an integer. |
| Repeating Decimals | a decimal fraction in which a figure or group of figures is repeated indefinitely, as in 0.666… or as in 1.851851851…. |
| Terminating Decimals | A terminating decimal is a decimal in which the digits after the decimal point terminate. |