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Vocabulary Math 1-12
The math vocabulary words we were given to study for the first week.
Question | Answer |
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Standard Notation | Just the number as we normally write it. |
Expanded Notation | Writing a number to show the value of each digit.It is shown as a sum of each digit multiplied by its matching place value (units, tens, hundreds, etc.) |
Exponential Notation | A shorthand way of representing repeated multiplication of the same factor. |
Scientific Notation | Where a number is written in two parts:First: just the digits (with the decimal point placed after the first digit),Followed by: ×10 to a power that would put the decimal point back where it should be. |
Prime Factorization | A number, expressed as a product of prime factors. For example, of 24 is 2 x 2 x 2 x 3. |
Decimal | A fraction that has a denominator of a power of ten, the power depending on or deciding the decimal place. |
Whole Numbers | The numbers {0, 1, 2, 3,…} There is no fractional or decimal part and no negatives. |
Integer | A number with no fractional part. For example, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2 |
Positive Number | Numbers greater than 0 that can be written as a fraction or a terminating or repeating decimal. |
Negative Number | A number less than 0; a number to the left of zero on the horizontal number line. |
Array | A rectangular arrangement of objects in rows and columns. |
Equivalent | Equal in value but in different forms. |