Exponent
The number that indicates how many times the base is used as a factor
Base
When a number is raised to a power, the number that is used as a factor is a base
Standard notation
The number before it was written in scientific notation
Power
A number produced by raising a base to an exponent
Scientific notation
A method of writing very large and very small numbers by using powers of ten
Positive numbers
An integer greater than 0
Negative numbers
An integer less than zero
Whole numbers
The set of numbers 1,2,3…
Rational numbers
Any number that can be expressed by a ratio of two integers
Real numbers
A rational or irrational number
Integers
The set of whole numbers and their opposites