Math Vocabulary - 1st Semester

The factor being multiplies is the...

• Base

• Exponent

• Variable

• Coefficient

The number of times you multiply the base is ...

• Base

• Exponent

• Variable

• Constant

Cannot be written as a fraction, terminating decimal, or a repeating decimal.

• Rational Number

• Irrational Number

• Integer

• Whole Number

A number that can be written as a fraction, terminating decimal, or a repeating decimal.

• Rational Number

• Irrational Number

• Integer

• Natural Number

Whole numbers and their opposites

• Whole Number

• Natural Number

• Irrational Number

• Integer

Natural number plus zero

• Whole Number

• Integer

• Rational Number

• Natural Number

Counting Numbers

• Integer

• Irrational Number

• Natural Number

• Whole Number

Expresses a number as the product of two factors, where the first factor is greater or equal to 1 and less than 10, the second factor is a power of 10.

• Standard Notation

• Scientific Notation

• Exponent

• Variable

Numbers in order from least to greatest

• Ascending

• Descending

Numbers put in order from greatest to least.

• Ascending

• Descending