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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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System of words, signs, and symbols

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Language

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2
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System used to communicate mathematical ideas

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Mathematical language

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3
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Creating appropriate representation & relationship

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Modelling & formulating

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4
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Changing the mathematical form

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Transforming & manipulating

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5
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Interpreting & generalizing

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Inferring

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Reporting what has been learned

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Communicating

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7
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Characteristics of mathematical language

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1 is non-temporal
2 is devoid of emotional content
3 is precise

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8
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Major contributor to overall comprehension

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Vocabulary understanding

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9
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Consist of terms

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Mathematical expression

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10
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Used to represent numbers

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Variable

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11
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Represent the unknown

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Literal coefficient

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12
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Any single number

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Constant

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13
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Combines 2 mathematical expressions

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Mathematical sentence

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14
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Not known if the mathematical sentence is true or false

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Open sentence

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known if the mathematical sentence is true or false

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Closed sentence

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16
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Refers to the particular topics being studied

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Context

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17
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Each particular symbol has particular meaning

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Convention

18
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Well defined collection of distinct object

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Set

19
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Sets that are listed or enumerated

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Roster/tabular method

20
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Sets are defined

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Rule/descriptive method

21
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Has no element

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Empty/null/void set

22
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Has countable number of elements

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Finite set

23
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Has uncountable number of elements

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Infinite set

24
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Totality of all elements

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Universal set

25
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Have same elements

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Equal set

26
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Has same number of elements

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Equivalent set

27
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At least one common element

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Joint set

28
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Has no common element

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Disjoint set

29
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Set every element of which can be found on a bigger set

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Subset

30
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The first set equals the second set

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Improper subset

31
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Whose elements are found in both sets

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Union set

32
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Whose element are common to both sets

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Intersection set

33
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Who is elements are found in the first set, but not in the second set

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Difference set

34
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Who elements are found in the universal set but not in a specific set

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Complement set

35
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Are mathematical entities that give unique outputs to particular input

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Function

36
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Three most important parts of function

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Input
Relationship
Output

37
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Operation of function

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Sum
Difference
Product
Quotient

38
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Means consisting of 2 parts

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Binary

39
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Means that it belongs to a number system with the base two and not base 10

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Binary

40
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Made up of only zeros and ones

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Binary number

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