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Mod 5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Counterexample | A statement or example that shows a conjecture is false. |
| Cube Root | One of the three equal factors of a number. |
| Inverse Operations | Pairs of operations that undo each other. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations. Multiplication and division are inverse operations. |
| Irrational Numbers | A number that cannot be expressed as a ratio a/b, where a and b are integers and b doesn't equal zero. |
| 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 a number. |
| Radical Sign | The symbol used to indicate a positive square root. |
| Real Numbers | The set of rational numbers together with a 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. |