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Mod 5 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Counter example | A statement or example that shows a conjecture is false |
| Cube root | One of three equal factors of a number |
| Inverse operations | Pair of operations that undo each other, addition and subtraction are inverse operations and multiplication and division are also inverse |
| Irrational number | A number that cannot be expressed as the a/b where a and b are integers |
| Natural numbers | The set of numbers used for counting |
| Perfect cube | A number whose cube root is an integer |
| Perfect square | A number whose square root is a whole number |
| Principal square root | The positive square root of an number |
| Radical sign | The symbol used to indicate a positive square root |
| Real numbers | The set of rational numbers together with the set of irrational numbers |
| Square root | One of the two equal factors of a number |
| Truncating | A process of approximating a decimal number by eliminating all decimal places past a certain point without rounding |