Algebra C&C - Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Composite Number

• Defined as a positive integer with more than two factors.

Power

• A notation indicating how many times a base should be multiplied by itself, placed above and to the right of the base.

Cube Root

• The value that, when multiplied by itself three times, yields the original value.

Radical Sign

• A symbol used to represent the square root in mathematical expressions.

Factor

• Represents the numbers and/or variables that multiply to form a product or term.

Radicand

• The expression or number located inside the radical symbol.

Fractions

• A representation of parts of a whole, or any number of equal parts.

Ratio

• A numerical relationship between two quantities or measures, expressed in multiplicative terms.

Index

• Refers to the power or exponent applied to a number or variable.

Rational Number

• Any number expressible as a fraction with integer numerator and denominator (denominator ≠ 0).

Integers

• Whole numbers along with their negatives and zero, expressible as 'a' or '-a' for whole number 'a'.

Real Numbers

• The set comprising both rational and irrational numbers.

Irrational Number

• A number that cannot be expressed as a simple fraction.

Repeating Decimals

• Decimal numbers that eventually repeat a sequence of digits indefinitely.

Natural Numbers

• Counting numbers that form part of the real numbers.

Root

• A solution to an equation, indicating values that satisfy the equation's condition.

Non-Repeating Decimal

• A decimal that continues infinitely without any repeating sequence of digits.

Square

• A geometric figure characterized by four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Non-Terminating Decimal

• A decimal representation that continues infinitely without an end.

Square Root

• A number that produces a specific quantity when multiplied by itself.

Operation

• Refers to basic mathematical processes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Terminating Decimal

• A decimal number that has a finite quantity of digits.

Perfect Squares

• Numbers that result from multiplying integers by themselves.

Whole Numbers

• Includes natural numbers and zero; the sequence begins with 0, 1, 2, 3...

Prime Number

• A whole number with exactly two distinct factors: 1 and itself.

Zero

• Represents an empty set or quantity.