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rational number |
a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, a numerator p and a non-zero denominator q. Since q may be equal to 1, every integer is a rational number. |
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irrational number |
an irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction for any integers or Irrational numbers have decimal expansions that neither terminate nor become periodic. |
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surd |
An irrational root of a positive rational number. |
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rationalization |
rationalization is the process of eliminating a radicals or imaginary number from the denominator of an algebraic fraction. |
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conjugate pair |
Having features in common but inverse in some particular. |
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real number |
A number that has no imaginary part. |
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integer |
collection of natural numbers, its negatives and zero. |
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terminating decimal |
terminating decimal is a decimal that ends. It is a decimal with a finite number of digits. |
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non-terminating decimal |
a non-terminating, non-repeating decimal is a decimal number that continues endlessly, with no group of digits repeating endlessly. |
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recurring decimal |
repeating decimal. |
