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| fractions with the same value |
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| when the GCF of the numerator and denominator is 1 |
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| decimals whose digits end |
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| decimals that have a pattern in their digits that repeats forever |
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| used to indicate that a number patterns repeats indefinitely |
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| a comparison of two quanities by division |
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| when a ratio compares a number to 100 |
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| the product of a number and any whole number |
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| Least Common Multiple (LCM) |
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| the smallest of multiples that two or more numbers share, excluding zero |
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numbers that can be expressed as a fraction
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| a common multiple of the denominator of two or more fractions |
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| Least Common Denominator (LCD) |
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| the LCM of the denominators |
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| a whole number greater than one that has exactly two-factors, one and itself |
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| a whole number greater than one that has more than two factors |
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| shows the composite number written as a product of it's prime number |
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| can be used to find the prime factorization of a number |
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| use overlapping circles to show how common elements among sets of numbers or objects are related |
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| Greatest Common Factor (GCF) |
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| the biggest of the factors that two or more numbers share |
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| process of collecting water and distributing it to crops |
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| independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area |
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| belief in more than one god |
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| form of government in which the leader claims to rule on the behalf of the god |
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| form of writing in ancient Mesopotamia that consisted of wedge shape markings pressed into clay tablets |
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| name of a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
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| system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sound or words |
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| violence used against the people of government in the hopes of the winning political goals |
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| pilgramage to the muslims holy city of Makkah, the completion of which at least once in a lifetime in one of the Five Pillars of Islam |
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| rules in certain religions that detail which foods people can and cannot eat and how food should be prepared and hadled |
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| tales of poems about heros and heroines |
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| local marketplace in North Africa and Southwest Asia |
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| to cover with or as if with clothing |
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| resembling or charaistic of wag (humoris) |
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| inferior (unsufisticated) |
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| a medevil clothes headdress passing over or under covering the neck (mark) |
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| first page:shows title, author, publisher |
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| the page on the reverse side of title page; it tells when the book was printed |
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| chapter-by-chpater list of the book's contents; appears at the begginging of the book |
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| list of some of the words used in the text with their meanings |
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| alphabetical list of names and ideas and the pages on which they can be found; appears at the end of the book |
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| list of sources the author used for publisher |
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| addictional information at the back of the book |
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| reading for an overveiw of the material. to skim a paragraph, read the title and the topic sentence (usually the fist sentence). if the first sentence does not tell what the paragraph is about, try at least one. |
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| glancing through written material until you find the particular piece of information. For example, to find a phone number, you scan the phone book page until you see a certain name. scanning us usually the fastest reading method |
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| reading material word-for-word from the beginning to end, noting details that support the main idea |
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