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vocab mod 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| counter example | a statement or example that shows a conjecture is false |
| cube root | one of the three equal factors of a number. if a^=b then a is cube root of b the cube root of 64 is 4 since 4^3 = 64 |
| inverse operations | pairs of operations that undo each other addition and subtraction are inverse operation multiplication and division are inverse operations |
| irrational number | a number that cannot be expressed as the ratio a/b where a and b are integers and b=0 |
| natural number | the set of numbers used for counting |
| perfect cube | a number whose cube root is an integer 37 is a perfect because its cube root is 3 |
| perfect square | a number whose square root is a whole number 25 is perfect square because its square root is 5 |
| principal square root | |
| radical sign | the symbol used to indicate a positive square root |
| real number | the set of rational numbers |
| square root | one of the two equal factors of a number if a^2=b then a is the square root of b. a square root of 144 is 12^2+144 |
| truncating | a process of approximating decimal number by eliminating all decimal places past a certain point without rounding |