Absolute Value

The distance a number is from zero on a number line changing the grouping of terms will not change the sum, (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) changing the grouping of factors will not change the product, (ab)c = a (bc) a number that is multiplied repeatedly the order in which numbers are added does not change the suma+b=b+a

Associative Property of Addition

Associative Property of Multiplication

Base

Commutative Property of Addition

Commutative Property of Multiplication

Changing the order of the factors does not change the product; for example 10 x 9 = 9 x 10; a b = b a A coordinate system formed by the intersection of a horizontal number line, called the x-axis, and a vertical number line, called the y-axis. a(b + c) = ab + ac; a number outside the parenthesis can be multiplied to each term within the parenthesis

Coordinate Plane

Distributive Property

Exponent

a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

The sum of any number and 0 is equal to the initial number. In symbolic form, a + 0 = a. The number 0 is referred to as the additive identity.

Identity Property of Addition

Identity Property of Multiplication

the product of any number and 1 is equal to the original number (a x 1 = a) A statement that compares two quantities using <, >, ,, or

Inequality

Integers

whole numbers and their opposites

Inverse Property of Addition

the sum of a number and its opposite is 0, a+(-a)=0 states that a number multiplied by its reciprocal is equal to one, a(1/a)=1

Inverse Property of Multiplication

Irrational Numbers

numbers that cannot be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b =0. terms that have the same variable raised to the same power The set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ... Also called counting numbers.
A rule for evaluating expressions: first perform the operations in parentheses, then compute powers and roots, then perform all multiplication and division from left to right, and then perform all addition and subtraction from left to right.

Like Terms

Natural Numbers

Order of Operations

Quadrants

four regions into which a coordinate plane is divided by the x-axis and the y-axis

Rational Numbers

any number that can be expressed as a fraction

Real Numbers

the set of numbers that includes rational and irrational numbers. Natural numbers ( counting numbers) and zero; 0, 1, 2, 3...

Whole Numbers

X-Axis

the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane

Y-Axis

the vertical axis on a coordinate plane