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28 Cards in this Set
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Used to express a number |
Numeral |
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Today, for numbering, most of the world uses the |
Hindu-Arabic system |
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The word decimal comes from? |
The Latin word decem, meaning ten |
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Used to express a number |
Numeral |
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The position of each digit in a numeral shows? |
The place value |
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A fraction is a number that? |
Is less than one but greater than zero |
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Decimal fractions have denominators that are multiples of? |
10. |
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In decimal places, add zeros so that both numerals? |
Have the same number of decimal places |
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Two ways to compare numbers are? |
Subtraction and division |
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The values given in a ratio have units, but the units? |
Are left out when the ratio is written |
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In a proportion, the means are the two inside values, the extremes are? |
The two outside values |
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To perform complex calculations, calculators use a series of steps called? |
An algorithm |
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According to this rule, you must do all the multiplications and divisions before you do the additions or subtractions |
Algebraic logic |
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These keys allow you to find the logarithms numbers on a calculator |
Log keys |
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The main function of a calculator key is usually printed? |
On the top of the key |
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The word line in Geometry means? |
A straight line |
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Two curves, or one Line and one curve, can meet at one point, more than one point, or? |
Not meet at all |
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A circle is defined as? |
A set of points in a plane that are all the same distance from the given point. |
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An instrument used to measure angles? |
Protractor |
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The triangle is a? |
A rigid shape |
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You can make a parallelogram by? |
Making sure opposite sides of the form are equal length |
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An equation is defined as? |
A shorthand way of writing a set of instructions for solving a problem |
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Speed is defined as? |
The distance traveled per unit of time |
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When values substituted for letters in a formula, you must also substitute for? |
The units as well as the numbers |
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The properties of triangles are? |
Fixed, always the same |
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Numerals written like fractions, but the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator |
Mixed number |
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When you calculate area, the formula must include how many lengths? |
Two, no more, no less |
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When you calculate volume, the formula must contain how many lengths? |
3, no more, no less |
