Pre Algebra Modules Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• variable : a symbol used to represent a quantity that can change
• perfect square : a number made by squaring a whole number
• solution : a value that makes an equation true
• exponent : indicates how many times the base is used as a factor
• equation : a mathematical sentence that shows two expressions are equivalent
• standard notation : our everyday way of writing numbers
• constant : a value that does not change
• real : all numbers are _
• whole number : counting numbers; 1, 2, 3,...
• terminating : a decimal that does not go on forever is a _ decimal
• algebraic expression : contains at least one variable
• base : in a power, the number that represents the repeated factor
• rational number : a number that can be written as a ratio, a/b
• repeating decimal : has the same digit(s) that go on forever
• integer : whole numbers and their opposites
• power : a number written in the form using a base and an exponent
• square root : if 4 times 4 is 16, then the _ of 16 is 4.
• irrational : pi is an example of this type on number
• scientific notation : a shorthand method of writing very large or very small numbers