Math Flashcards

(36 cards)

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What is a root/square root

A

The inverse(opposite) of raising a number to an exponent.
Example: √16 =4
so basically, the result multiplied by itself is the square root of that number

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What is the top number of a fraction? 

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A numerator

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3
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What is the bottom number of a fraction?

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The denominator

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4
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What does the numerator represent in this fraction? ½

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The portion of the bottom number that is in consideration of the whole number that is on bottom 

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5
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A fraction cannot have a denominator of ______, or it is called ________

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A fraction cannot have a denominator of zero or it is called undefined

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What are equivalent fractions?

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Two fractions that have the same value, but are expressed differently

Example : 2/10, 3/15 and 5/25 can all be reduced to 1/5.

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7
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Multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number changes the fraction’s what?

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Form, not the value

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To find a common denominator, what must you find in both fractions and what must stay

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Have to manipulate(work on) both fractions to find least common multiple in both fractions and their value must stay the same

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9
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If denominator is greater than numerator what is it

A

A proper fraction

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10
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If numerator is greater than denominator what is it

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An improper fraction

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Proper fractions value is always less than what?

A

One

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Improper fractions value is always greater than or equal to what

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Greater than or equal to one

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A mixed number is a number that has a ______ and a ________[

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Integer and a fraction

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14
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Any improper fraction can be written as a what

A

A mixed number

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15
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Any mixed number can be written as a what

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Improper fraction

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16
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If two fractions have a common denominator they can be added or subtracted by doing what to the numerator and what to the denominator

A

adding or subtracting the two numerators and retaining the same denominator.

17
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Two fractions can be multiplied by doing what

A

multiplying the two numerators and the two denominators.

18
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Two fractions can be divided by doing what

A

flipping numerator and denominator of the second fraction then multiplying

19
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When multiplying a mixed number it is usually best to do what first

A

make it a improper fraction first.

20
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If the multiplicand is a decimal, it is best to do what

A

convert it to a fraction

21
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a mixed number is a fraction added to what

A

a whole number

22
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a decimal is a representation of the sum of what

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fractions, tenths, hundredths, thousands and so on

23
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Quantities being added, need to have the same what

24
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Quantities being added have same denominator by doing what

A

multiplying and dividing the whole number by the denominator of the fraction

25
that a whole number is equivalent to what
that number divided by 1
26
When multiplying factors what needs to be multiplied
multiply the numerator and denominator separately
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When multiplying factors after multiplying the numerator and denominator separately what needs to happen
Now that the fractions have the same denominators, they can be added
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When multiplying factors, first we multiply the numerator and denominator separately then after the fractions have the same denominators, they need to be added. What two steps are next?
Finally perform multiplication and simplify
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What is the real number?
Any number that can be on the number line whether it’s negative or positive including a fraction 
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What is the rule when adding and subtracting odds and evens
Two odds and two evens always make an even only one even and one odd can make an odd 
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When multiplying even and odds, what is the rule?
As long as it has an even somewhere in the equation the result is even As long as there are no evens and Only odds it is automatically an odd
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What are integers and what is not integers?
Integers are like whole numbers but they can be negative, positive and even zero but they cannot be fractions or decimals
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What is the rational number?
Two integers written as a fraction (decimals that either terminate or repeat) 
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What is a rational number?
Number that can be written as a fraction of two integers(decimal form, either terminate or repeats)
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What cannot be a rational number if it is in the place of a denominator, but can if it is a place of the numerator
The number zero 
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What are the steps for turning in improper fraction to mixed numbers?
Divide the numerator by the denominator that’s the whole number, if anything is left over, that’s the numerator and just keep and inputs the denominator