Number System Vocabulary

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What are integers?

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Positive and negative whole numbers and 0.

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What does a deposit refer to in financial terms?

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Putting money into an account.

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What is the absolute value of a number?

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Its distance from 0 on the number line.

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What is a positive number?

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A number that is greater than zero.

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How is a rational number defined?

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A number that is or can be written as a fraction.

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What are whole numbers?

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Non-negative integers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

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What is a negative number?

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A number that is less than zero.

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What is a fraction?

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A number that represents a part of a whole, expressed as a/b where a and b are integers.

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What is a decimal?

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A number that uses a decimal point to show values less than one.

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What is a repeating decimal?

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A decimal that has digits that repeat infinitely.