Chapter 4

Question 0

What is a base?

Answer 0

The base is used as a factor as many things as given by the exponent.

Question 1

What is a power?

Answer 1

A number that is expressed using an exponent

Question 2

What is an exponent?

Answer 2

The exponent tells how many times the base is used as a factor

Question 3

What is a negative exponent?

Answer 3

Negative exponents are the result of repeated division

Question 4

What is a monomial?

Answer 4

An expression that is a number, a variable, or a product of numbers and/or variables

Question 5

What is standard form?

Answer 5

A number is in standard form when it does not contain exponents. Seven hundred thirty-nine=739

Question 6

What is scientific notation?

Answer 6

A number in scientific notation is expressed as a x 10_n, where 1 is less than or equal to 10 and n is an integer. 5,000,000=5 x 10_6

Question 7

What is a square root?

Answer 7

One of the two equal factors of a number. The square root of 25 is 5

Question 8

What is a perfect square?

Answer 8

Rational number whose square root is a whole number.

Question 9

What is a radical sign?

Answer 9

The symbol used to indicate a non-negative square root

Question 10

What is a cube root?

Answer 10

One of three equal factors of a number

Question 11

What is a perfect cube?

Answer 11

A number that is the cube of an integer

Question 12

What is an irrational number?

Answer 12

Any number that cannot be written as a fraction

Question 13

What is a real number?

Answer 13

Rational + irrational numbers

Question 14

What are natural numbers?

Answer 14

{1,2,3,4,…}

Question 15

What are whole numbers?

Answer 15

{0,1,2,3,…}

Question 16

What are integers?

Answer 16

{…,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,…}