Chapter 1 Flashcards
Natural number
counting number
whole number
natural number + 0
integers
whole numbers + negative number
rational number
p/q, where p and q are integers
irrational numbers
numbers that cannot be expressed as p/q
real numbers
all irrational and rational numbers
half-open (or half-closed) intervals
only include 1 endpoint
closed intervals
include both endpoints
open intervals
do not include either endpoints
bounded intervals
finite intervals
unbounded intervals
intervals that are not bound
Interval notation
a way to describe intervals
interval notation for unbound intervals
- (infinity sign) or (infinity sign)
interval notation for closed intervals
[
interval notation for open intervals
(
Fancy e
element of
Properties of _ numbers
real
closure property
when you add or multiply two real numbers, you get a real number
exponentiation is shown by
an exponent
number that is raised by an exponent in exponentiation
base
positive integer exponent
x^2 = x *x
zero exponent on any real number =
1
Unit fraction exponent
x^1/2 = square root of x
negative number exponent
1/x^-n = x^n
rational number
x^p/q (rational number) = q root of x^p
-3^2 =
- (3*3)
(-3)^2 =
-3 * -3
x^3*x^3 =
x^6
a^5/a^2 =
a^3
A rotation that is counterclockwise has a degree of _
positive
5 ways to prove triangle congruency
SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL
Ways that don’t prove triangle congruency
AA, SS, ASS
Transversal
Line that cuts parallel lines