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08th PreAlg T1 Savv
08th PreAlgebra T1 Savvas
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| cube root | a number that produces a given value when you multiply it by itself three times | |
| irrational number | a number that cannot be written as a fraction, terminating, or repeating decimal | |
| Negative Exponents Property | a negative exponent tells you to take the reciprocal of the base and make the exponent positive. | |
| nonrepeating | when a decimal does not have a pattern | |
| nonterminating | when a decimal does not end | |
| perfect cube | the cube of an integer | |
| perfect square | the square of an integer | |
| Power of Powers Property | keep the base and multiply the exponents | |
| Power of Products Property | to multiply two powers with the same exponent and different bases, multiply the bases and keep the exponent | |
| Product of Powers Property | to multiply two powers with the same base, keep the common base and add exponents | |
| Quotient of Powers Property | to divide two powers with the same base, keep the common base and subtract the exponents | |
| Product | result of multiplying | |
| Quotient | result of dividing | |
| scientific notation | a shorthand way to write very large or very small numbers using powers of 10 | |
| square root | a number that, when multiplied by itself, equals the original number | |
| Zero Exponent Property | any base with an exponent of 0 is equal to 1 | |
| approximate | a value or expression that is close to, but not precisely equal to, an exact value | |
| base | in exponents, the large number that is multiplied by itself | |
| expanded form | a way to write a number by showing the value of each individual digit as an addition problem | |
| exponent | the small superscript number that tells you how many times to multiply the base | |
| expression | a statement involving at least two different numbers (known or unknown) and at least one operation | |
| fraction | a number that shows a part of a whole or a part of a group | |
| integer | any whole number that is positive, negative, or zero, with no fractions or decimals attached | |
| power of 10 | number made by multiplying 10 by itself a certain number of times | |
| rational number | any number that can be written as a decimal | |
| repeating decimal | a decimal number that has a digit or a block of digits that repeats forever in a pattern after the decimal point | |
| standard form | everyday number form | |
| terminating decimal | a decimal number that stops and has an exact, countable number of digits after the decimal point | |
| reciprocal | a flipped fraction |