Unit 1 Vocab

2. an expression made up of a radical symbol and a radicand
3. the set of numbers …,-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, and so forth; whole numbers and their opposites
5. the form of a polynomial that places the terms in descending exponent order
7. a mathematical phrase involving at least one variable and sometimes numbers and operation symbols
11. uses the symbol f(x) to replace y in the equation
12. an algebraic expression with two unlike terms
14. a number that cannot be written as the ratio or quotient of two integers. Irrational numbers in decimal form are nonterminating and nonrepeating.
15. the greatest volume that a container can hold
17. the number underneath the root symbol; in ba, the a is the radicand
19. a number, a variable, or the product or quotient of numbers and variables
21. a letter or symbol used to represent a number
22. the distance around a circle
23. term a quantity that does not change; a term that has no variable
24. the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and so forth; the nonnegative integers
25. the sum of the side lengths of a polygon

1. an algebraic expression with three unlike terms
4. in any right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse: a2 + b2 = c2
6. the amount of space occupied by an object
8. a real number that can be written as a ratio or quotient of two integers. Rational numbers in decimal form are terminating or repeating.
9. a monomial or the sum or difference of two or more monomials where the coefficients are real numbers
10. an algebraic expression with one term
13. a number multiplied by a variable
16. the numbers that are multiplied together to create the product
18. the branch of mathematics that deals with relationships between numbers, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, or to describe a pattern of relationships between numbers
20. set of rational and irrational numbers