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Integer Any whole number. Any number that is not a fraction or a decimal. Examples: (-3, -1, 0, 2, 39)
Digits Counting numbers, all numbers 0-9. For example, 123 is a 3 digit number.
Prime numbers Numbers which are only divisible by themselves and one. Examples: (2, 3, 5, 7, 11)
Consecutive numbers Numbers in a row arranged from least to greatest. Always move from left to right on the number line (-3, -2, -1)
Sum Answer to an addition problem.
Difference Answer to a subtraction problem.
Product Answer to a multiplication problem.
Inclusive Including the endpoints of a given set. For example, the set 3 through 6 inclusive = {3, 4, 5, 6}
Multiple Numbers that you get by multiplying smaller numbers by a whole number. Some multiples of three are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, etc.
Factors Smaller numbers that can be divided evenly into a larger number. The factors of 30 are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, and 30.
Divisible Can be divided evenly. 30 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, and 30.
Remainder What is left over after you divide.
Calculator Hint: the remainder is the decimal part of the answer multiplied by what you divided by initially.
Mean The measure of an average of a set. Determined by the Total for a set divided by the Number of Members within the set.
Median The middle number in a set of numbers, as ordered from least to greatest.
Mode The most common number in a set of numbers.
Domain The input values that can go into a function (x values).
Range The output values that can come out of a function (y values).
Odd Function A function that is identical to its 180 degree rotation.
-ƒ(x) = ƒ(-x)
Even Function A function that is identical to its reflection over the y-axis.
ƒ(-x) = ƒ(x)

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