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The Number System
Practice vocabulary for the system of rational numbers.
Term | Definition |
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absolute value | the distance a number is from zero on a number line |
credit | an amount that indicates an addition (or deposit) to a bank account |
debit | an amount that indicates a subtraction (or withdrawal) from a bank account |
integers | the set of numbers that includes zero, the counting numbers, and their opposites |
negative integers | the opposites of the positive integers; located to the left of zero on a number line |
opposites | a pair of numbers that are the same distance from zero on a number line but in opposite directions |
positive integers | the set of counting numbers starting with 1; located to the right of zero on a number line |
rational number | a number that can be expressed as a ratio (fraction); includes integers, fractions, repeating & terminating decimals |
whole numbers | the set of numbers that includes all natural counting numbers and zero |
magnitude | the size of something; also a synonym for absolute value |