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| Least Common Denominator (LCD) |
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| the least common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions. (L3) |
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| a fraction with a numerator that is greater than or equal to the denominator. (L3) |
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| Greatest Common Factor (GCF) |
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| the largest number that is a common factor of two or more numbers (L4) |
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| the number created by interchanging the numerator and denominator in a fraction (L4) |
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| A comparison of two quantities. You use ratios to compare a part to whole, a part to part or a whole to whole. (L6) |
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| a number in a ratio or sequence (L6) |
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| different ratios that have the same values (L6) |
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| a ratio used to compare quantities of different units (L6) |
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| a comparison to 1 unit; example: 45 words per minute (L6) |
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| an equaiton stating that two ratios are equivalent (L7) |
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| geometric figures of the same shape in which all corresponding angles are equivalent and all corresponding sides are proportional. (L8) |
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| Proportional Relationship |
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| two or more sets of numbers in which ordered pairs of the numbers are proportional (L9) |
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| Nonproportional Relationship |
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| two or more sets of numbers that which cannot be expressed in equal ratios (L9) |
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| a number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers. Fractions, terminating decimals, repeating decimals and square roots of perfect squares are all rational numbers. (L10) |
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| a ratio that compares a number to 100 and uses the symbol %. (L10) |
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| a decimal with digits that end after the decimal point and do not have a remainder. (L10) |
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| a decimal in which one or more of the digits after the decimal repeats into infinity. (L10) |
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| numbers that are greater than zero. (L14) |
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| numbers that are less than zero. (L14) |
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| the set of whole numbers, their opposites and zero. (L14) |
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| an integer's distance from zero on a number line. (L15) |
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