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Chapter 5

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Term
Definition
associative property   the property that allows the grouping of the numbers to change without changing the result  
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closure   the property by which an answer obtained by performing an operation on any two members of a set is also in the set  
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common difference   the number, d, that is the result of subtracting a term in an arithmetic sequence from the preceding term  
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common ratio   the number, r, that is the result of dividing a term in a geometric sequence by the preceding term  
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commutative property   the property that allows the order of the numbers to change without changing the result  
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distributive property   the property by which multiplication can be done before the addition or subtraction that is contained in parentheses  
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mantissa   The value in scientific notation that is ≥1 and < 10  
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characteristic   the power of ten in scientific notation  
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geometric sequence   sequence in which each term after the first is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by a nonzero constant  
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real numbers   all of the rational and irrational numbers  
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arithmetic sequence   sequence in which each term after the first differs from the first by a constant amount  
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zero exponent rule   any value raised to the zero power equals 1  
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scientific notation   product of a number ≥1 and < 10 with a power of ten  
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additive identity   Adding 0 to a number does not change its value; a + 0 = a  
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multiplicative identity   Multiplying a number by 1 does not change its value; a (1) = a  
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additive inverse   The sum of the two numbers equals 0  
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multiplicative inverse   The product of the two numbers equals 1.  
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