Unit 1 Vocabulary - Real Numbers & Scientific Notation

What is the value of a digit as determined by its location in a number such as ones, tens, hundreds, one thousands, ten thousands?

• Order numbers

• Place value

• Percent

• Base

What term describes increasing in value, going up, least to greatest?

• Descending

• Ascending

• Repeating decimal

• Base

What term describes decreasing in value, going down, greatest to least?

• Ascending

• Terminating decimal

• Descending

• Percent

What is a number expressed in relation to 100?

• Base

• Exponent

• Percent

• Square root

What is a decimal that has digits that do not go on forever?

• Repeating decimal

• Terminating decimal

• Exponent

• Base

What is a decimal that has a digit or a block of digits that repeat without ending?

• Terminating decimal

• Repeating decimal

• Percent

• Square root

What is the number in an expression or equation which is raised to a power or exponent?

• Base

• Exponent

• Percent

• Square root

What shows how many times a base is used as a factor?

• Base

• Exponent

• Percent

• Square root

What is the value that when multiplied by itself gives the number?

• Base

• Exponent

• Percent

• Square root

What is the usual form for representing a number called?

• Scientific notation

• Standard notation

• Counting numbers

• Rational numbers