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Terms in this set (10)

  • square root

    a number that, when multiplied by itself, equals the radicand.

  • principle square root

    the nonnegative square root of a number.

  • radical symbol

    the symbol used to indicate the principle square root.

  • radicand

    the number or expression inside the radical symbol.

  • exponential form

    a way to write repeated multiplication using a bae and exponent.

  • base

    the number being multiplied repeatedly.

  • exponent.

    shows how many times the base is used as a factor.

  • order of operations

    the rules for the sequence in which math operations must be performed.

  • grouping symbols

    parentheses ( ), brackets [.], braces { }, fractions bars, absolute value. | |.

  • arithmetic mean

    the average sum of numbers divided by the number of values.