Rational Numbers Vocabulary

The distance between a number and zero on the number line.

• Dividend

• Integer

• Absolute Value

• Zero Pair

The set of numbers greater than 0. Numbers to the right of zero on the number line.

• Negative Numbers

• Terminating Decimal

• Positive Numbers

• Multiplicative Inverse

Two different numbers that have the same absolute value.

• Rational Numbers

• Divisor

• Whole Numbers

• Opposite Numbers

A decimal number in which a digit or group of digits repeat without ending.

• Integers

• Repeating Decimal

• Rational Numbers

• Natural Numbers

A real number that can be written as a fraction or decimal. It terminates or repeats.

• Opposite Numbers

• Terminating Decimal

• Repeating Decimal

• Rational Number

Numbers that begin with 1 and reach infinity. Also known as "counting numbers".

• Irrational Numbers

• Natural Numbers

• Integers

• Negative Numbers

Fractions or numbers that DO NOT terminate or repeat; they go on with different digits.

• Irrational Numbers

• Long Division

• Multiplicative Inverse

• Divisor

Postitive and negative whole numbers.

• Additive Inverse

• Integers

• Negative Numbers

• Zero Pair

The number you are dividing by.

• Divisor

• Dividend

• Quotient

• Additive Inverse

Standard procedure suitable for dividing simple or complex multi-digit numbers. It breaks down a division problem into a series of easier steps.

• Whole Numbers

• Zero Pair

• Long Division

• Terminating Decimal