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What are perfect squares?
What are perfect squares?
- Numbers whose square roots are integers (correct)
- Numbers that cannot be divided
- Any negative number
- Any whole number
What are rational numbers?
What are rational numbers?
A real number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers and has a terminating or repeating decimal.
Define natural numbers.
Define natural numbers.
The counting numbers, all positive, not including 0.
What are whole numbers?
What are whole numbers?
Describe integers.
Describe integers.
What is an irrational number?
What is an irrational number?
What are real numbers?
What are real numbers?
Define inequality.
Define inequality.
What is the distributive property?
What is the distributive property?
Define a constant in mathematics.
Define a constant in mathematics.
What is a coefficient?
What is a coefficient?
Define a term in algebra.
Define a term in algebra.
What are like terms?
What are like terms?
What are unlike terms?
What are unlike terms?
What is a solution to an equation with one variable?
What is a solution to an equation with one variable?
Define a solution of an equation with two variables.
Define a solution of an equation with two variables.
What is the radical in mathematics?
What is the radical in mathematics?
Describe prime numbers.
Describe prime numbers.
What is a factor tree?
What is a factor tree?
What is the order of operations?
What is the order of operations?
Define an exponent.
Define an exponent.
What is scientific notation?
What is scientific notation?
What are parallel lines?
What are parallel lines?
Define perpendicular lines.
Define perpendicular lines.
What is slope?
What is slope?
What is Point Slope Form of a linear equation?
What is Point Slope Form of a linear equation?
Describe Slope Intercept Form of a linear equation.
Describe Slope Intercept Form of a linear equation.
What is the Standard Form of a linear equation?
What is the Standard Form of a linear equation?
What is a system of linear equations?
What is a system of linear equations?
List three common methods for solving a system of linear equations.
List three common methods for solving a system of linear equations.
What is the process of using substitution to solve a system of linear equations?
What is the process of using substitution to solve a system of linear equations?
Describe the process of using elimination to solve a system of linear equations.
Describe the process of using elimination to solve a system of linear equations.
What are linear inequalities?
What are linear inequalities?
What happens when multiplying factors with the same base in exponents?
What happens when multiplying factors with the same base in exponents?
What happens when dividing factors with the same base in exponents?
What happens when dividing factors with the same base in exponents?
What occurs when raising a power to a power in exponents?
What occurs when raising a power to a power in exponents?
What is the value of any number raised to the power of zero?
What is the value of any number raised to the power of zero?
How do you add or subtract two terms with variables containing exponents?
How do you add or subtract two terms with variables containing exponents?
What is a negative exponent?
What is a negative exponent?
What is a negative fractional exponent?
What is a negative fractional exponent?
What is the difference between $(-2)^4$ and $-2^4$?
What is the difference between $(-2)^4$ and $-2^4$?
What is the rule when exponents appear on terms within parentheses?
What is the rule when exponents appear on terms within parentheses?
What is a quotient?
What is a quotient?
Define a composite number.
Define a composite number.
What is a difference?
What is a difference?
What is the greatest common factor (GCF)?
What is the greatest common factor (GCF)?
What is exponential growth?
What is exponential growth?
What is exponential decay?
What is exponential decay?
Define polynomial.
Define polynomial.
What is the degree of a polynomial?
What is the degree of a polynomial?
What does it mean to factor a polynomial?
What does it mean to factor a polynomial?
What is a perfect square trinomial?
What is a perfect square trinomial?
What is the difference of two squares?
What is the difference of two squares?
How do you factor a four-term polynomial by grouping?
How do you factor a four-term polynomial by grouping?
What is a quadratic function?
What is a quadratic function?
Define the standard form of a quadratic function.
Define the standard form of a quadratic function.
What is a parabola?
What is a parabola?
What is the vertex of a parabola?
What is the vertex of a parabola?
How many answers can there be when solving a quadratic equation?
How many answers can there be when solving a quadratic equation?
What are the methods to solve a quadratic equation?
What are the methods to solve a quadratic equation?
How do you factor a quadratic equation?
How do you factor a quadratic equation?
Describe the process of extracting square roots when solving a polynomial.
Describe the process of extracting square roots when solving a polynomial.
What does completing the square involve when solving a polynomial?
What does completing the square involve when solving a polynomial?
What is the quadratic formula?
What is the quadratic formula?
Study Notes
Number Types
- Perfect squares: Numbers with integer square roots.
- Rational numbers: Can be expressed as a fraction of two integers; in decimal form, they are either terminating or repeating.
- Natural numbers: The set of counting numbers, excluding zero.
- Whole numbers: Non-negative integers, including zero.
- Integers: Whole numbers that include negative values.
- Irrational numbers: Cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers; their decimal representation is nonterminating and nonrepeating.
- Real numbers: Comprised of both rational and irrational numbers.
Algebraic Concepts
- Inequality: Compares two expressions with inequality symbols; graphically represented by open or closed circles.
- Distributive property: Describes how to remove parentheses in expressions: a(b + c) = ab + ac.
- Constant: A term without a variable factor.
- Coefficient: The numerical factor in a term with a variable.
- Term: May be a number, variable, or a combination of both.
- Like terms: Terms with the same variable and exponent, which can be combined.
- Unlike terms: Terms with different variables or exponents that cannot be combined.
Solutions in Equations
- Solution of an equation (one variable): Values that satisfy the equation.
- Solution of an equation (two variables): Ordered pairs that make the equation true.
- Radical: Another term for square root.
Geometry
- Parallel lines: Lines that never intersect and remain equidistant.
- Perpendicular lines: Lines that intersect at a 90-degree angle.
- Slope: The rate of change of a line; calculated as (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1).
Equation Forms
- Point-slope form: y - y1 = m(x - x1), where m is the slope and (x1, y1) is a point.
- Slope-intercept form: y = mx + b, with m as the slope and b as the y-intercept.
- Standard form: Ax + By = C; useful for finding intercepts.
Systems of Equations
- System of linear equations: Two or more equations combined, with potential solutions as intersections of their graphs.
- Common methods to solve:
- Graphing: Plot the equations to find can intersect points.
- Substitution: Solve one equation for a variable and substitute into the other.
- Elimination: Manipulate equations to eliminate one variable.
Exponents
- Exponent basics: Notation indicating repeated multiplication; rules for multiplying, dividing, and raising powers summarized:
- Multiplying: Add exponents.
- Dividing: Subtract exponents.
- Raising a power to a power: Multiply exponents.
- An exponent of zero equals one, regardless of the base.
Factoring and Polynomials
- Polynomial: An expression with one or more terms.
- Factoring techniques:
- Greatest common factor (GCF): Identifying and factoring out shared factors.
- Difference of squares: a² - b² = (a + b)(a - b).
- Factoring quadratics: Rewrite quadratic as (x - r)(x - s), finding roots.
Quadratic Functions
- Quadratic equation: y = ax² + bx + c; graphed as a parabola.
- Vertex: The highest or lowest point on the parabola, calculated as -(b/2a).
- Roots: Number of solutions varies: two roots for two intercepts, one for a single intercept, none for no intercepts.
Solving Quadratic Equations
- Methods:
- Graphing: Find x-intercepts where the graph crosses the x-axis.
- Factoring: Create two binomials and set each equal to zero.
- Completing the square: Transform the equation into a perfect square trinomial.
- Quadratic formula: Always applicable for finding solutions.
Additional Points
- Accounts for the behavior of exponents with positive/negative bases and the impact of zero and negative exponents.
- Proper notation involves using the "±" sign for roots when applicable.
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