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Flashcards: Math Vocabulary 1

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Divide and average methoda method for approximating the square root of a number in which a number is divided to 2 more places than the number in the divisor
Divisorthe number by which the dividend is divided
Imaginary numbersnumbers that involve the imaginary unit 1 defined as the square root
Integera whole number or its opposite
Irrational numbersnumbers that cannot be expressed in the form where a and b are integers and b
Negative squarean imaginary number that shows the square root of a negative square number
Pithe circumference of any circle divided by its diameter
Prime factorizationa way of expressing a whole number as a product of its prime factors
Principal Square rootthe nonnegative square root of a number
Product property of square rootsfor any numbers a and b
Radicalan expression in the form of the square root of a.
Ratioa comparison of two qualities.
Rational numbersa number that can be written with an integer in the numerator and positive integer in the dominator
Real numbersthe set of numbers that include rational and irrational numbers
reapting decimalsa decimal who’s decimal
square numbera number that is the product of identical
square rootthe postive number that when multplied by itself equales a product
termination decimala decimal whose decimal