operations with rational numbers vocab posters

7/27/2019 Operations with Rational Numbers Vocab Posters

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additive inverse: the sum of

a number and its additive

inverse is zero

multiplicative inverse: two

numbers that multiply to

equal 1


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integers: the set of wholenumbers and their opposites

{, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, }

long division: standardprocedure for dividing multi-

digit numbers


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absolute value: the distance

between a number and zero

on the number line

natural numbers: the set of

numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, }


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negative numbers: the set of

numbers less than zero

{, -4, -3, -2, -1}

opposite numbers: two

different numbers that have

the same absolute value

and


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positive numbers: the set of

numbers greater than zero

{1, 2, 3, 4, }

rational numbers: the set ofnumbers that can be written

as a/b.


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repeating decimal: a decimal

number in which a digit or

group repeats without end

terminating decimal: a

decimal that contains a finite

number of digits


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zero pair: a pair of numbers

whose sum is zero

and

cube root: if the cube root of

a number b is a (i.e.

= a),

then a3

=b


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decimal expansion: the

decimal expansion of a

number is its representation

in base 10

exponent: the number of

times a base is used as a

factor of repeatedmultiplication


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irrational: a real number

whose decimal form is non-

terminating and non-

repeating that cannot be

written as the ratio of two

integers

perfect square: a number

that has a rational numberas its square root


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scientific notation:a

representation of real

numbers as the product of a

number between 1 and 10

and a power of 10

square root:one of two

equal factors of a

nonnegative number

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