Rational Number
Any number that can be written as a fraction; includes natural, whole, and integer numbers; includes decimals that terminate or repeat
Repeating Decimal
The decimal form of a rational number that has a continues with the same number
Terminating Decimal
A decimal number that ends or terminates
Natural Number
Set of counting numbers starting with 1 and going to infinity
Whole Number
Set of natural (counting numbers) numbers and zero
Integers
Set of whole numbers and their opposites and zero
Irrational Number
Any number that CANNOT be written as a fraction.
*non perfect squares.
*PI
*decimals with no pattern.
Real Number
The set of rational numbers together with the set of irrational numbers
Square Root
one of the two equal factors of a number. "What number multiplied by itself gives me this number?
Perfect Square
Product of two factors that are each the same number
Radical Sign
The symbol used to indicate a positive square root