Chapter 1 Vocabulary

In the expression 2⁴, 4 is called the _______________.

• Base

• Exponent

• Power

• Real Number

In the expression a⁻³, a is called the _______________.

• Base

• Exponent

• Power

• Real Number

_____________________ is a compact way of writing

numbers with absolute values that are very large or very small.

• Square Root

• Terminating Decimal

• Irrational Number

• Scientific Notation

A ____________________ of a number is one of its two

equal factors

• Cube Root

• Radical Sign

• Square Root

• Repeating Decimal

A product of repeated factors can be expressed as a

__________________.

• Power

• Exponent

• Base

• Real Number

A ______________________, is used to indicate a
positive square root. $\sqrt{ }$  

• Radical Sign

• Square Root

• Cube Root

• Perfect Square

Numbers such as 1, 4, 9, 16, and 25 are called _______________ because they are squares of integers.

• Square Root

• Cube Root

• Perfect Square

• Monomial

Numbers that are not rational are called ______________ numbers.

• Rational Numbers

• Irrational Numbers

• Monomials

• Powers

A _____________ is a number, a variable, or a product of a number and one or more variables.

• Power

• Exponent

• Base

• Monomial

The set of rational numbers and the set of irrational numbers together make up the set of _________________.

• Monomials

• Real Numbers

• Perfect Squares

• Rational Numbers