Final Exam Review Flashcards
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A number sentence such as 3 > 4 or -5 > -10
inequality
Examples are -2, 3, and 0
integers
A number that is less than 0
negative number
A way to describe a relationship between the integers -2 and 2.
opposites
a number that is to the right of zero on a horizontal number line.
positive number
The least number, other than 0, that is a multiple of 2 or more given numbers.
Least Common Multiple
A _____ can be written in the form a/b where a and b are integers and b is not zero.
rational number
To compare and order fractions, the fractions can be written with a _____.
common denominator
The _____ is the greatest number by which 2 or more given numbers can be evenly divided.
greatest common factor
Describe in your own words what it means for two numbers to be reciprocals or multiplicative inverses.
Two numbers that, when they are multiplied, equal 1.
(flip the fraction upside down)
Give an example of two numbers that are reciprocals or multiplicative inverses.
3 and 1/3rd
In the problem x / y, x is the _____.
dividend
In the problem x / y, y is the _____.
divisor
The solution to an addition problem
sum
The solution to a subtraction problem
difference