1st Semester Math Vocabulary

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Approximate

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nearly correct or exact : close in value or amount but not precise

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Base

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a number that is raised to a power

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Exponent

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a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power

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Integers

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any of the natural numbers, the negatives of these numbers, or zero

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Irrational Number

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A number that continues infinitely. It never terminates and never repeats.

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Rational Number

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a number that can be expressed as an integer or the quotient of an integer divided by a nonzero integer

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Perfect Square

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an integer (such as 9 or 36) whose square root is an integer

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Pi

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a transcendental number having a value rounded to eight decimal places of 3.14159265

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Power

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the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a product

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Square Root

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The factors multiplied to form perfect squares.