Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Part of a whole

A mathematical sentence that includes constants, variables, and operations.

The largest integer that divides without a remainder into a set of numbers

A mathematical sentence built from expressions using one or more equal signs.

Adding the positive and negative values of the same number together

An algebraic expression in which the exponent of the variable is 1

The top number of a fraction that says how many you have.

Integers less than zero

Equal

Two numbers that are the same distance from 0, but are on the opposite sides of zero

The numerical factor of a term that contains a variable.

The average of a set of numbers is the

The number that occurs most often in a list.

Positive and negative whole numbers and zero

All numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers, or...

The bottom number in a fraction.  It says how many parts the whole is divided into.

Also called the multiplicative inverse.  It is shown by two numbers whose product is one.

Terms without variables.  A value that does not change.

Opposite

Two expressions that are not equal.  They use use > or < instead of = 

The form that has no like terms and no parentheses is

Distance of a number from zero on a number line.  It will always be positive.

The middle number in a sorted list of numbers

Equations that have the same solutions

A decimal that has a pattern take repeats 

A decimal that ends

The least common multiple of the denominators

Terms that have the same variables raised to the same exponents, including constant terms are

A number that indicates the operation of repeated multiplication

A mathematical phrase that combines numbers and/or variables using mathematical opertions

The difference between the largest and the smallest numbers in a data set

The line used to show which digits repeat in a decimal