Chapter 1 Terms Crossword

How far a number is from zero
an expression built up from integer constants, variables, and addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
The number of different digits or combination of digits and letters that a system of counting uses to represent numbers
A number or symbol multiplied with a variable or an unknown quantity in an algebraic term
A set of values that show an exact position.
A written statement indicating the equality of two expressions
mathematical terms that have the exact same variables and exponents.
The solution set for an equation that has no solution
a well-defined collection of distinct objects, considered as an object in its own right.
members, a set is any one of the distinct objects that make up that set.
the result of multiplying, or an expression that identifies factors to be multiplied
a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another
The result of adding two or more numbers
the result of a subtraction problem
a relation that holds between two values when they are different
a set of real numbers with the property that any number that lies between two numbers in the set is also included in the set
is obtained by interchanging the numerator and the denominator, i.e. by inverting the fraction
A straight line on which each point represents a real number
a quantity that may change within the context of a mathematical problem or experiment
a natural number
a set that is not a finite set
A shorthand used to write sets, often sets with an infinite number of elements.
is the number that, when added to a, yields zero
numbers we can multiply together to get another number
is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together
Using the infinity symbol
the number of times a number is multiplied times itself
a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
a quantity of which a given quantity is the square
a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
expressing the repeated multiplication of a number by itself
a mathematical process used to simplify an expression or to add or subtract polynomials
terms having the same variable with different exponents or different variable with same exponents
one of two square roots of a positive number
There is a unique number, called the multiplicative identity, 1, which, when multiplied by a number, results in the original number; in symbols, a·1=a
it is the positive square root of a number