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Pre Algebra Refresher
Arithmetic
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Mathematics
9th Grade
03/03/2010

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What is the number 0 on a number line?
Definition
The Origin
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What is absolute value?
Definition
Distance from the origin (always positive)
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Integers
Definition
Evenly divisible by 1 (1,2,3,4)
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Consecutive Integers
Definition
Integers increasing in a regular order
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Numbers that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers such as whole numbers or functions
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Rational numbers
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Not expressed with numbers such as pie or 2 squared
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Irrational numbers
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PEDMAS (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally)
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Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction
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3 laws of operation
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Commutative, Associative, Distributive
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What law is like operations can be performed in any order (+ and x only)
Definition
Commutative
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What law is like operations can be regrouped in any order (+ and x only)
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Associative law
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What law is, It's ok to distribute a factor across terms being added or subtracted
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Distributive law
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What is a prime number
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A number that has only two divisors, 1 and itself.
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Composite numbers
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Have more than two divisors
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Composite numbers can be written as a product of their prime factors such as in factor trees
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Prime Factors
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Prime Factorization
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The prime factors of a number
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Process of finding LCM
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1) Factor both numbers using prime factoring trees
2) Circle all the factors of the first number
3) Eliminate any factors in that repeat and circle those that remain
4) Multiply the circled factors
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Numerator and Denominator in 3/4
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3 is numerator and 4 is denominator
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To add like fractions you...
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add numerators put result over the same denominator
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To add unlike fractions you...
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Find a common denominator and put equivilant fractions over it
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To multiply fractions you...
Definition
Cross and vertical cancel then multiply across
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To divide a faction you...
Definition
Flip the second fraction, reduce then multiply
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How do you solve complex fractions
Definition
Multiply by LCM thus eliminating denominators then complete operations
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