Unit 5 Vocab

putting a set of numbers in order from least to greatest

• rational

• perfect cube

• numerical order

• square root

a decimal that repeats

• irrational number

• repeating decimal

• nonrepeating decimal

• perfect square

a number raised to the second power

• perfect square

• perfect cube

• square root

• cube root

a number raised to the third power

• perfect square

• perfect cube

• square root

• cube root

a number that makes sense; fractions, repeating decimals, and terminating decimals

• irrational numbers

• pi

• numerical order

• rational numbers

a decimal that ends; 4.2, 12.63, 1.294, .6

• terminating decimal

• nonterminating decimal

• cube root

• irrational

a non-terminating, non-repeating decimal that humans have named because of its use in math problems

• repeating decimal

• rational number

• pi

• numerical order

the side length of a square when you are given the area; area of a square is bxh

• repeating decimal

• cube root

• square root

• perfect square

the side length of a cube when you are given the volume; volume of a cube is l x w x h

• square root

• perfect square

• cube root

• perfect cube

numbers that are confusing; non-terminating decimals, non-repeating decimals; any number that cannot be represented as a fraction

• rational number

• pi

• repeating decimal

• irrational number