The Number System Vocabulary

the distance a number is from zero on a number line (always a positive number)

• integer

• absolute value

• opposite

• inequality

the comparison of two values

• inequality

• Commutative Property

• whole number

• rational number

a set of whole numbers and their opposites

• absolute value

• Associative Property

• rational number

• integer

a number that is the same distance from zero but on the other side

(4 and -4 are opposites.)

• rational number

• Commutative Property

• opposite

• whole number

a number that can be written as a fraction, as a terminating decimal or as a repeating decimal

• whole number

• inequality

• rational number

• integer

a positive counting number starting with 0

• whole number

• Associative Property

• rational number

• opposite

When we add or multiply numbers, it doesn't matter how we group them.

example: 2 + (3 + 4) or (2 + 3) + 4

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property

This property of multiplication says that you can multiply numbers in any order and the answer will always be the same. example: 3 x 8 or 8 x 3

• Commutative Property

• Associative Property