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  • whole number
    Natural numbers ( counting numbers) and zero; 0, 1, 2, 3...
  • integer
    The set of whole numbers and their opposites
  • natural number
    The set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ... Also called counting numbers.
  • real number
    All rational and irrational numbers
  • rational number
    A number that can be written as a fraction
  • Power
    Another word for exponent which is a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
  • exponent
    A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
  • Base
    The number that gets multiplied when using an exponent.
  • irrational number
    a number that can NOT be written as a fraction or as a repeating or terminating decimal
  • expanded form
    A way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit