| constant | | the natural numbers and zero:0,1,2,3....... |
| terminating decimal | | one of two numbers whose product is 1 |
| rational | | the value substituted for x in an equation. |
| multiplicative inverse | | an expression that may contain variables, constants and operations. |
| variable | | the reciprocal of a number, used when dividing rational numbers. |
| order of operations | | a letter or symbol used to represent a value that can change. |
| reciprocal | | rules specifying which operations in an expression should be performed. |
| algebraic | | the point of intersection of each 0 on two perpendicular number lines. |
| input | | formed by the intersection of two perpendicular number lines |
| y-coordinate | | the opposite of a number, used when subtracting numbers. |
| additive inverse | | rational numbers in decimal form that have a finite number of digits. |
| evaluate | | a number multiplied by a variable. |
| term | | the parts of an expression to be added or subtracted. |
| like terms | | an expression written with an exponent and a base or the value of such an expression. |
| axes | | the distance of a number from zero on the number line. |
| perfect square | | the horizontal number line. |
| base | | rational numbers in decimal form that have a block of one or more digits that repeats continuously. |
| x-axis | | the value generated for y in an equation. |
| whole | | the number whose positive square root is a whole number. |
| natural | | one of the four areas defined by the axes of the coordinate plane |
| y-axis | | the counting numbers:1,2,3....... |
| opposites | | a number which when multiplied by itself forms a product. |
| real | | the vertical number line. |
| coordinate plane | | an expresssion that may contain only constants and operations. |
| irrational | | numbers that cannot be expressed in the form a/b including square roots of whole numbers that are not perfect squares and nonterminating decimals that do not repeat |
| power | | a value that does not change. |
| square root | | the number that tells how many times the base is used as a factor. |
| ordered pair | | numbers which are the same distance from zero on the number line, but on opposites sides of zero. |
| integers | | the number that is used as a factor in a power. |
| quadrant | | the whole numbers and their opposites:....-3,-2,-1,0,1 |
| coefficient | | to find the value of an expression |
| absolute value | | the horizontal component and vertical component of a point. |
| origin | | perpendicular number lines |
| x-coordinate | | the numbers that can be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are both integers and b is not equal to 0 |
| numerical | | the first value in an ordered pair, which indicates the move right or left. |
| output | | all numbers that can be represented on the number line. |
| exponent | | terms that contain the same variables raised to the same powers. |
| repeating decimal | | the second value in an ordered pair, which indicates the move up or down. |