Vocabulary Flashcard 4 (Ratios) new

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What is a number that can be written as a fraction, as a terminating decimal or as a repeating decimal?

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Rational number

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What is the distance a number is away from zero?

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Absolute zero

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What do we call ratios that can be simplified to the same ratio value?

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Equivalent ratio

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What is the number that divides into another?

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Divisor

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What term states that two values are not equal?

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Inequality

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What is a ratio?

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A comparison of two quantities, often expressed as a fraction.

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What is a proportion?

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An equation that states two ratios are equal.

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What is a reciprocal?

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The inverse of a number, found by flipping the numerator and denominator.

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What is an integer?

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A whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.

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What is a scale factor?

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A number used to multiply the dimensions of a shape to create a similar shape.