Unit 5 Powers Roots and Scientific Notation flash cards

Set: Unit 5 Powers Roots and Scientific Notation

Term	Definition
base	a number that is raised to an exponent
consecutive	following one right after the other in order (e.g., 1,2,3...,)
cube of a number	The third power of a number (e.g. 2x2x2=8)
exponential form	a number written using exponents
exponent	a number that tells how many times the base is used as a factor
law of exponents for division	the quotient of two numbers in exponential form with the same base is equal to that base with a power equal to the differences of the powers of each number, i.e. subtract their exponents
law of exponents for multiplication	the product of two or more numbers in exponential form with the same base is equal to that base raised to the power equal to the sum of the powers of each number, i.e. add their exponents
non-perfect square	a snumber whose square root is not an integer
perfect square	a whole number resulting from multiplying an integer by itself; a is a perfect square if a = n x n and n is an integer (e.g., 16=4x4 and 121 = (-11 x -11)
scientific notation	a form of writing a number as the product of a power of 10 and a decimal greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10
square of a number	to multiply a number by itself (e.g. 4 x 4=16
square root of a number	a number (factor) that when multiplied by itself yields the original number
standard form of a number	a number is written in standard form when each digit is in a place value (e.g. twnety-nine thousand three hundred four is written as 29,304)