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Grade 7 Chapter 4
Exponents and Roots
Question | Answer |
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base | when a number is raised to a power |
Density Property | between any two numbers there is always another real number |
exponent | the number that indicates how many times the base is used as a factor |
exponential form | a number written with a base and an exponent |
hypotenuse | in a right triangle the side opposite the right angle |
irrational number | a number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers or as a repeating or terminating decimal |
leg | in a right triangle the sides that include the right angle |
perfect square | a square of a whole number |
power | a number produced by raising a base to an exponent |
principal square root | the non-negative square root of a number |
Pythagorean Theorem | in a right triangle a squared + b squared = c squared |
real number | a rational or irrational number |
scientific notation | a method of writing very large or very small numbers using powers of 10 |