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Math chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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Absolute Value | The absolute value of a number a is its distance from 0 on a number line. The absolute value of a number a is written as |a|. Example: |3|=3 |-27|=27 |
Opposites | Two numbers that have the same absolute value but different signs. Example:-4 and 4 are opposites. |
Integer | The numbers…, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3… consisting of the negative integers, zero, and the positive integers. Example: -9 and 25 are integers -9.25 and 25.78 are not integers |
Additive Inverse | The additive inverse of a number a is its opposite -a. The sum of a number and its additive inverse is 0. Example: 5 is -5 so 5 + (-5) =0 |
Natural Numbers | are all positive integers from 1 to Infinity. They do not include 0, negative numbers, fractions or decimals. Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,........ |
Rational Numbers | A number that can be written as the quotient of two integers. Example: -½ = -1/2 |
Real Numbers | The sets of all rational numbers that irrational numbers Example:-5, 0, 2/3 |
Whole Numbers | Any positive number that does not include a fractional or decimal part |
Repeating Decimals | A decimal fraction in which a figure or group of figures is repeated in definitly |
Teerminating decimals | A terminating decimal is usually defined as a decimal number that contains a finite number of digits after the decimal point |