algrabra unit 1 Flashcards

891386951	absolute value	a number is its distance from 0 on a number line(always nonnegative)	0
891386952	additive inverses	one pair of numbers whose sum is zero; a additive verse that is 5 is -5	1
891386953	algebraic expression	a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement	2
891386954	associative property	within the expression containing two or more occurrences in a row of the same associative operator does not matter what order	3
891386955	base	the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed	4
891386956	coefficient	a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic	5
891386957	commutative property	changing the order of the operation does not change the out come	6
891386958	constant	without interruption	7
891386959	counter example	refutation by example	8
891386960	deductive reasoning	arrive at a conclusion using facts, definitions, rules, and properties	9
891386961	distributive property	combination of addition and multiplication. the number on the outside of the parentheses get times by the number inside the parentheses	10
891386962	element of a set	individual parts which is unique does not repeat	11
891386963	equivalent expression	two algebraic expressions are said to be equivalent if there values obtained by substitutions the values and variables	12
891386964	exponent	a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself	13
891386965	identity property	in addition adding a number and 0 is the number. in mulplication a number and 1 is the number	14
891386966	integers	any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero	15
891386967	irrational number	cant be written as a fraction. a decimal that continues forever	16
891386968	natural number	counting numbers not 0	17
891386969	opposites	a number that is the same distance from zero on a number line as a given number, but lies in the other direction	18
891386970	perfect square	numbers whose square roots are integers	19
891386971	radical	an expression made up of a radical symbol and a radicand	20
891386972	radicand	the expression under the rad sign	21
891386973	real numbers	rational numbers, integers, whole numbers, natural numbers, irrational numbers. does not repeat or ternate	22
891386974	set	well define collection of elements	23
891386975	square roots	a number b such that a2=b*b is the principal square root	24
891386976	subset	a subset of a set consists of elements from the given set	25
891386977	whole numbers	contains all natural numbers plus zero	26
892655074	variable	a symbol, usually letter, that represents one or more numbers	27
892655075	terms	number, variable, or the product or quotient of a number and one or more variables	28
892655076	simplify	replace an expression with its simplest name or form	29
892655077	reciprocal	given a nonzero rational number a/b, the reciprocal, or multiplicative inverse, is b/a. the product of a nonzero number and its reciprocal 1	30
892655078	quantity	anything that can be measured or counted	31
892655079	power	base and the exponent of an expression of the form a to the power of n	32
892655080	numerical expression	mathematical phrase involving numbers and operation symbols, but no variables	33
892655081	multiplicative inverse	a nonzero rational number a/b, the multiplicative inverse, or reciprocal, is b/a. the product of a nonzero number and its multiplicative inverse is1	34
892655082	like terms	terms with exactly the same variable factors in a variable expression	35
892655083	inequality	mathematical sentence that compares the values of two expressions using a inequality symbol	36
892655084	evaluate	substitute a given number for each variable and then simplify	37