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rational number - CORRECT ANSWER - A number that can be written as a
ratio of integers, which means it can be written as a fraction.
product - CORRECT ANSWER - The result of multiplying values.
whole number - CORRECT ANSWER - A number whose value is 0 or greater
and can be represented without a fractional or a decimal component.
identity property - CORRECT ANSWER - The property that 0 can be added to
any number without changing the value of the number. Likewise, 1 can be
multiplied by any number without changing the value of that number.
associative property - CORRECT ANSWER - The property that under certain
operations in a multi-step expression, the computations may be done in any
order. Commonly represented as (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). Addition and
multiplication both have this property, but subtraction and division do not.
perfect square - CORRECT ANSWER - The product of any integer with itself
yields this. So, a number is this if it can be written as the square of an integer.
For example, 9 is this because 3 * 3 = 9. Other examples are 16, 25, 36, 49,...
set - CORRECT ANSWER - In mathematics: a collection of numbers.
order of operations - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of rules that defines the
order in which mathematical operations should be performed
,multiplicative inverse - CORRECT ANSWER - The number you must
multiply x by to get 1. For example, 5 and 1/5.
principal square root - CORRECT ANSWER - The positive square root of a
number.
interval - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of numbers between two specified
values.
operators - CORRECT ANSWER - A word or symbol (such as + or -) that
indicates an operation between values.
commutative - CORRECT ANSWER - The property that the order of the
numbers under the operation does not change the result. Addition and
multiplication have this property: a + b = b + a and ab = ba.
radical sign - CORRECT ANSWER - The symbol which indicates to take the
square root of the number that follows.
additive inverse - CORRECT ANSWER - Two numbers equidistant from 0 on
a number line whose sum is 0. For example, 3 and -3.
greatest common factor (GCF) - CORRECT ANSWER - The greatest number
that is both a factor of a and a factor of b.
factor tree - CORRECT ANSWER - A graphical method used to identify the
prime factorization of an integer.
integer - CORRECT ANSWER - A number, (positive, negative, or zero), that
can be represented without a fractional or a decimal component.
, discrete - CORRECT ANSWER - A collection of numbers whose values are
distinct, separate, and unconnected.
prime factorization - CORRECT ANSWER - Determining the set of prime
numbers whose product is the original integer.
continuous - CORRECT ANSWER - A collection of numbers whose values
are not dividable into distinct units.
expressions - CORRECT ANSWER - A string of terms that are connected by
division, addition, and subtraction operations.
quotient - CORRECT ANSWER - The result of a division expression.
exponents - CORRECT ANSWER - Sometimes called a power, it is a quantity
that represents repeated multiplication.
factor - CORRECT ANSWER - An integer that divides another integer. We
say an integer, x, is a factor of another integer, y, if the quotient y/x is also equal
to an integer.
composite number - CORRECT ANSWER - A number with more factors than
just one and itself. Not a prime number.
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - CORRECT ANSWER - A concept
which states that any integer greater than 1 is either prime or is the product of a
unique set of prime numbers.
prime number - CORRECT ANSWER - A number with only two factors: one
and itself.