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What is a prime number?

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A natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself

Example: 5 is a prime number because its only divisors are 1 and 5.

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Is 8 a prime number?

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No, because its divisors are more than 1 and 8

Divisors of 8 include 1, 2, 4, and 8.

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What is a composite number?

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A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two positive factors

It can be expressed as a product of smaller whole numbers greater than 1.

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Give examples of prime numbers.

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2, 3, 5, 7

These numbers have exactly two factors: 1 and themselves.

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What are real numbers?

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All numbers that can be represented on a continuous number line, including rational and irrational numbers

Rational numbers include integers and fractions.

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Define natural numbers.

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Counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, …

Natural numbers do not include zero.

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What are whole numbers?

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Natural numbers plus zero: 0, 1, 2, 3, …

Whole numbers include all non-negative integers.

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What are integers?

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Whole numbers and their negative counterparts: …, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …

Integers include all positive and negative whole numbers.

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Define rational numbers.

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Numbers that can be expressed as a fraction of two integers (e.g., 1/2, -3/4, 0.75)

Rational numbers include both positive and negative values.

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What is a perfect square?

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A number that can be expressed as the product of an integer with itself

Example: 9 is a perfect square because it is equal to 3^2.

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What is an integer multiple?

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A product of a number and any integer

Example: 12 is a multiple of 3 because 12 = 3×4.

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What does M(x) mean in the context given?

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x is an integer multiple of 4

This means 4 is multiplied by some integer (n) to get x.

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If x=8, what is the integer n when x is an integer multiple of 4?

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n is 2

Because 8 = 4×2.

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What are consecutive numbers?

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Integers that follow one another in order, such that if a is an integer, then b=a+1

Example: If a is 3, then b is 4.

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Fill in the blank: A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the product of an integer with _______.

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itself

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What is the definition of an even integer?

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An integer x is even if there is an integer k such that x=2⁢k.

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What is the definition of an odd integer?

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An integer x is odd if there is an integer k such that x=2⁢k+1.

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What does the parity of a number refer to?

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The parity of a number is whether the number is odd or even.

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If two numbers are both even or both odd, what can be said about their parity?

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Then the two numbers have the same parity.

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What can be said about the parity of one odd and one even number?

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Then the two numbers have opposite parity.

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What is the technique used to determine if a number is even or odd?

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The technique relies on the fact that any even number, when divided by 2, will result in an integer with no remainder.

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What does it mean if you can factor out a 2 completely?

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What does it mean if you can factor out a 2, leaving a remainder of 1?

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How can you show that 0.677 is a rational number?

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By giving an integer x such that r=x/y, where x=677 and y=1000.

y correlates to the decimal place.

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Is 0 a rational number?
Yes, zero is a rational number because it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, such as 0/1 or 0/2. A rational number is any number that can be written as a fraction a/b, where a and b are integers, and b is not zero.
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What is the definition of a rational number?
A number r is rational if there exist integers x and y such that y≠0 and r=x/y.
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How is it denoted that an integer x divides an integer y?
The fact that x divides y is denoted x∣y.
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What does it mean if x does not divide y?
This is denoted x∤y.
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What is a prime number?
A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that *has no positive divisors* other than 1 and itself.
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What is a composite number?
A composite number is a whole number greater than 1 that has more than two positive factors.
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What are real numbers?
Real numbers are all numbers that can be represented on a continuous number line, including rational and irrational numbers.
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What is a perfect square?
A perfect square is a number that can be expressed as the product of an integer with itself.
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What is an integer multiple of a number?
An integer multiple of a number is a product of that number and any integer.
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Define consecutive integers.
If a is an integer, then b=a+1.
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True or False: 2 is a prime number.
True.
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True or False: A real number x is negative if and only if x < 0.
True.
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True or False: 1 is a prime number.
False.
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What can be said about 0?
* Its associated in every group besides irrational numbers. * The number 0 is neither positive nor negative.
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What is the definition of superscript & subscript?
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# the symmetric difference operation X⊕Y=(X∪Y)−(X∩Y), In other words?
X⊕Y=(X−Y)∪(Y−X)
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# the symmetric difference operation A⊕A ## Footnote X⊕Y=(X−Y)∪(Y−X)
## Footnote X⊕Y=(X∪Y)−(X∩Y)
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# the symmetric difference operation A⊕A ## Footnote X⊕Y=(X−Y)∪(Y−X)
## Footnote X⊕Y=(X∪Y)−(X∩Y)
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# the symmetric difference operation A⊕(A⊕B) ## Footnote X⊕Y=(X−Y)∪(Y−X)
## Footnote X⊕Y=(X∪Y)−(X∩Y)
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# Cartesian Product What is the method to write two sets `X * Y` in roster notation?
To write the final answer in roster notation, you enclose all the ordered pairs you found within curly brackets and separate them with commas.
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# Cartesian Product The notation `X^4` is shorthand for what?
The notation `X^4` is a shorthand for the Cartesian product of set X with itself four times: `X×X×X×X`. ## Footnote It shows each position can be any element from the set