1st Semester Math Vocabulary

nearly correct or exact : close in value or amount but not precise

a number that is raised to a power

a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power

any of the natural numbers, the negatives of these numbers, or zero

A number that continues infinitely. It never terminates and never repeats.

a number that can be expressed as an integer or the quotient of an integer divided by a nonzero integer

an integer (such as 9 or 36) whose square root is an integer

a transcendental number having a value rounded to eight decimal places of 3.14159265

the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a product

The factors multiplied to form perfect squares.