Equations & Inequalities Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• real : set of all rational and irrational numbers
• identity : 3 + 0 = 3 (name the property - it's the additive _
• distributive : 3(x + 7) = 3x + 21 (name the property)
• multiplicative : fill in the blank. the product of a number and its _ inverse equals positive one.
• natural : considered "counting numbers" - does not include zero
• product : the answer to a multiplication problem
• commutative : 3 + 4 = 4 + 3 or 5*7 = 7*5 (name the property)
• associative : 3 + (x + y) = (3 + x) + y or
• reflexive : 4x = 4x (name the property)
• difference : the answer to a subtraction problem
• constraint : limitation or restriction
• substitution : if x = y then y can replace x in any equation that contains x. (name the property)
• inverse : fill in the blank. the sum of a number and its additive _ equals zero.
• symmetric : if 5 = x then x = 5. (name the property)
• transitive : if y = k, and k = 3, then y = 3. (name the property)
• sum : the answer to an addition problem
• infinity : boundless, endless, goes on forever
• equation : a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal.
• variable : letter used to represent an unknown quantity
• rational : numbers that can be expressed as a fraction, or in decimal form as either a terminating or repeating decimal.
• quotient : the answer to a division problem
• inequality : a mathematical statement that shows the relationship between quantities that are not necessarily equal.
• integers : set of positive and negative rational numbers that includes zero but no decimals.
• irrational : numbers whose decimal form is non-terminating and non repeating such as square roots of non-perfect squares and pi