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Unit 1 Rational No.
All 7th grade math Unit 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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additive inverse | The opposite of a number. |
absolute value | how far a number is from zero |
integers | The set of numbers containing zero, the natural numbers, and all the negatives of the natural numbers. |
natural numbers | The whole numbers from 1 upwards: 1, 2, 3, and so on ... No negative numbers and no fractions |
negative numbers | Real numbers that are less than zero. |
positive number | Real numbers that are greater than zero. |
rational number | A real number that can be written as a simple fraction (i.e. as a ratio). |
opposite numbers | Two numbers that have the same value but are opposite in signs. |
zero pair | a number and its opposite, which add to 0 |
long division | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail |
repeating decimal | A decimal that repeats a digit or group of digits forever. |
terminating decimal | A decimal number that ends or terminates |
multiplicative inverse | the reciprocal of a number |