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Numbers which allow us to count the objects or ideas in a given collection

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Cardinal Numbers

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States the position of the individual objects in a sequence

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Ordinal Numbers

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Symbols or combination of symbols which describe a number

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Numerals

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Most widely used numerals

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Arabic and Roman Numerals

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What is the Arabic Number equivalent of the following:

I V X L C D M

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I-1 V-5 X-10 L-50 C-100 D-500 M-1000

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How does the romans indicate large numbers?

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Bracket-multiply 100 times
|V|=500
Vinculum(bar above the number):multiply 1000 times
Doorframe=multiply 100,000 times

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A specific symbol used alone or in combination to denote a number

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Digit

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Numbers which are considered as the “Counting Numbers”

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Natural Numbers

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Are all natural numbers, negative of natural numbers and the number zero

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Integers

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Are numbers which can be expressed as a quotient (ratio of two integers). The term rational comes from the word ratio

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Rational Numbers

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Are numbers which cannot be expressed as a quotient of two integers

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Irrational Numbers e.g. sqrt(2), pi, Euler’s number

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The numerical value of the number neglecting the sign

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Absolute Value

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Defined as part of the whole

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Fractions

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A fraction in which the numerator and denominator are both integers. Also known as common fraction

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Simple Fraction

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Is a fraction with unity for its numerator and positive integer for the denominator

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Unit Fraction

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A fraction in which the numerator or denominator, or both are fractions

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Complex Fraction

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Two or more simple fraction where the denominators are similar

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Similar Fraction

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Positive integers that have more than two positive whole number factors

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Composite Numbers

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An integer greater than 1 hat is divisible only by 1 and itself

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Prime number

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What is the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

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Every positive integer greater than 1 is a prime or can be expressed as a unique product of primes and powers of primes

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What is the only prime number that is greater than 1 and even?

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number 2

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numbers that have only two factors: 1 and itself

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Natural Prime numbers

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Set of two consecutive odd prime that differs by two

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Twin Primes

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Pair of prime numbers that are the same distance from a given number in a number line

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Symmetric Primes/Euler Prime

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Prime numbers that remains a prime when its digits are reversed
Emirp
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Numbers whose greatest common factor is 1
Relatively Prime numbers
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A number whose factors are prime numbers raised to a certain power
Unique Product of power prime | eg: 360=2^3 * 3^2 5^1
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An integer that is equal to the sum of all its possible divisors, except the number itself
Perfect number
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Perfect Number formula
2^(p-1)*(2^p-1)
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If the sum of the possible divisors is greater than the number
abundant number
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An integer with the sum of all possible divisor is less than the number itself
Deficient number
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Refers to two integers where each is the sum of all the possible divisors of the other
Amicable/Friendly numbers
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Represents the product of all positive integers from 1 to n, inclusive
factorial | eg: n!=n(n-1)(n-2),,,3,2,1
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The factorial symbol was introduced by who?
Christian Kramp
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Digits that define the numerical value of a number
Significant figure/digit
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Forms of approximation
Rounding and Truncating
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It means replacing the number with another number having fewer significant decimal digits
Rounding
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Refers to the dropping of the next digits in order to obtain the degree of accuracy beyond the need of practical calculation/aka rounding down
Truncation
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Closure Property of addition
a+b=integer
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commutative property of addition
a+b=b+a
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Associative Property of addition
(a+b)+c=a+(b+c)
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Identity property of addition
a+0=a
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additive identity
0
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multiplicative identity
1
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transitive property
if a=b and b=c then a=c
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What is Zero-Factor property
if ab=0, then a=0 or b=0
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Who first used the symbol of radical
Christoff Rudolff, 1525 in Die Coss
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A radical expressing an irrational number
Surd
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contains no rational number and all its terms are surds
``` Pure surd eg sqrt(3)=sqrt(2) ```
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a surd that contains at least one rational number
``` Mixed Surd eg 5sqrt(2) ```
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an expression of two terms with at least one surd
Binomial Surd | eg 5+sqrt(2)
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Difference of two squares x^2-y^2
(x+y)(x-y)
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Cube of a binomial (x+y)^3
x^3+3x^y+3xy^2+y^3
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difference of two cubes x^3-y^3
(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)
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sum of two cubes x^3+y^3
(x-y)(x^2-xy+y^2)
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square of a trinomial (x+y+z)^3
x^2+y^2+z^2+2xy+2xz+2yz
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In proportion, what do you call the first and second term respectively
antecedent/consequent
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Refers to the product of several prime numbers each taken with its greatest multiplicity
Least common donominator
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A number that two other numbers will divide into evenly
common multiple
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Lowest multiple of two numbers
least common multiple
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A factor that divides into a larger number evenly
Greatest common factor
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Logarith comes from the greek words _____ and _____
logus=ratio | arithmus =number
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who invented logarithm?
John Napier, 1614 using e=2.718 for its base
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What do you call a logarithm with base e?
Natural logarithm/Napierian Logarithm
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who improved the logarithm using base 10?
Henry Briggs. Its now called common logarithm/Brigssian Logarithm
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Euler's number formula
e=lim as n->infinity (1+1/n)^n
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if a polynomial p(x) is divided by the binomial(x-a), the remainder is p(a)
Remainder Theorem
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What is the factor theorem?
if the polynomial is divided by x-a, and the reminder is zero, then x-a is a factor of the polynomial
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who suggested the remainder and factor theorem?
Etienne Bezout
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Sum of two roots formula
r1+r2=-B/A
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Product of two roots formula
r1*r2=C/A
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rth term of the binomial expansion of (x+y)^n
rth=nC(r-1)*x^(n-r+1)*y^(r-1)
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What is the degree of the polynomial 3x^4y-2x^3z^4=7yz^5?
7. second term, 3+4
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Work Problems tips
solve in man-hours
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what is the equivalent of the following coins? Penny, Nickel, Dime Quarter, Half dollar?
``` Penny 1c Nickel 5c Dime 10c Quarter 25c halfdollar 50c ```
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magic clock formula
degrees=11/2m-30H
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arithmetic progression formula
an=a1+(n-1)d | s=n/2(a1+an)
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Geometric Progression Formula
an=a1r^(n-1) | S= a1(r^n-1)/(r-1)
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Infinite Geometric Progression Formula
S=a1/(1-r)
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Fibonacci Numbers
1 1 2 3 5 18 13
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Lucas Sequence
1 3 4 7 11 1 29
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A set of ordered pairs
Relation
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A relation where X has one and only y value
Function
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Who introduced matrices?
James Joseph Sylvester
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what is the main/principal diagonal?
in square matrices, the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right is the main diagonal. The entries are called diagonal entries
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What is the trace of a matrix?
It is the sum of all diagonal entries of a square matrix
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Define square matrix
has the same number of rows and columns
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Define Diagonal Matrix
Square matrix that has values only in its diagonal
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Define scalar matrix
diagonal matrix where all the entries are equal
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Define identity/unit matrix
a type of scalar matrix whose non-zero elements are equal to 1
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Define zero/null marix
matrix that does not contain any non-zero element
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Define Triangular Matrix
Lower Triangular matrix: diagonal matrix whose entries above the main diagonal are all zero Upper triangular matrix: diagonal matrix whose entries below the main diagonal are all zero
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Define Symmetric Matrix
The transpose is equal to the original matrix
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Skew-Symmetric Matrix
Transpose is equal to the negative of the original matrix
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Steps required to get the inverse of a matrix
1. Form the co-factor 2. Transpose the cofactor 3. multiply the determinant of the original matrix to the transpose of the cofactor
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Dot product
A*B=|A||B|cos(theta)
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Cross Product
AxB=|A||B|sin(theta)
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What refers to the operation of root extraction
Evolution
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To compute the vaue of n factorial, in symbolic form (n!), where n is a large number, a formula called ______ is used
Stirling's Approximation
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*Caltech | in simplifying complex fraction/simplification and rationalization
substitute the given using a number and compare the choices using the same number
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Curvature Formula
1/p=(d^2y/dx^2)/(1+(dy/dx)^2)^(3/2)

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