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34 Cards in this Set
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EXPONENT
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tells you how many times to use the base as a factor.
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BASE
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not a good definition, but like the 2 in
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SIMPLIFY
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you ____a numerical expression when you replace it with its single numerical value.
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EVALUATE
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you ______an alebraic expression by replacing each variable with a given number.
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SQUARE ROOT
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A number a is a _____ of a number b if a ^(2) =b
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RADICAND
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the expression under the radical symbol is called the _______
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RADICAL
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together the radical symbol and radicand form a _______.
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PERFECT SQUARE
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the square of an integer is called a ______
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SET
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a _____ is a well defined collection of objects
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ELEMENT OF THE SET
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each subset is called an ______
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SUBSET
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a ____ of a set consists of elements from the given set, You can list the elements of a set within braces.
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RATIONAL NUMBER
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A _____ is any number that you can write in the form of a/b where a and b are integers.
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NATURAL NUMBERS
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numbers starting from 1
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WHOLE NUMBERS
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numbers starting from 0, (0,1,2,3)
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IRRATIONAL NUMBER
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A ______ cannot be represented as the quotient of two integers.
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REAL NUMBERS
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rational numbers and irrational numbers form the set of ______
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INEQUALITY
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an ______ is a mathematical sentence that compares the values of two expressions using an inequality symbol.
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EQUIVALENT EXPRESSIONS
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two algebraic expressions are ______ if they have the same value for all values of the variable(s).
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DEDUCTIVE REASONING
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____ is the process of reasoning logically from given facts to a conclusion
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COUNTEREXAMPLE
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An example showing the statement is false is a _________
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ABSOLUTE VALUE
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the ______ of a number is its distance from 0 on a number line.
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OPPOSITES
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2 numbers that are the same distance from 0 on a number line but lie in different direcions are _______.
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ADDITIVE INVERSES
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A number and its opposite are called ______.
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MULTIPLICATIVE INVERSE
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for every nonzero real number a, there is a ________.
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RECIPROCAL
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the ____ of a nonzero real number of the form a/b is b/a.
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DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY
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the _______, is another properyu of real numbers that helps you simplify expressions
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TERM
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a ______ is a number, a variable, or the product of a number and one or more variables
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CONSTANT
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a ____ is a term that has no variable.
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COEFFICIENT
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a ____ is a numerical factor of a term.
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LIKE TERMS
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_____ have the same variable factors.
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EQUATION
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an ____is a mathematical sentence that uses an equal sign
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OPEN SENTENCE
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An equation that contains one or more variables is called a ______
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SOLUTION OF AN EQUATION
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A ______ CONTAINING A VARIABLE is a value of the variable that makes the equation true.
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INDUCTIVE REASONING
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____ is the process of reaching a conclusion based on an observed pattern.
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