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Unit 4 Vocab
Rational Numbers & Inequalities
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| counting numbers | natural numbers |
| all counting numbers and zero | whole numbers |
| all positive whole numbers, zero, and their negative opposites | integers |
| a number that can be written in fraction form (positive or negative), as a decimal it WILL either terminate or repeat | rational numbers |
| a number that cannot be written as a fraction, as a decimal it will NOT terminate or repeat | irrational numbers |
| two numbers that are the same distance from zero on a number line, but in different directions | opposites |
| the distance between a number and zero on a number line. |5|=5 |-5|=5 | absolute value |
| the size of a number, another word for absolute value | magnitude |
| a mathematical sentence that uses symbols to show that two quantities are not equal, there can be multiple solutions | inequality |
| ≠ | not equal to |
| < | less than |
| ≤ | less than or equal to |
| > | greater than |
| ≥ | greater than or equal to |