Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition. 1. additive inverse a number belonging to the set made up of the whole numbers and their opposites 2. integer 4 a number belonging to the set made up of zero and the natural numbers 3. irrational number the opposite or negative of a number; the sum of a number and its additive inverse is zero 4. natural number a number belonging to the set made up of the numbers that are used to count: 1, 2, 3, and so on 5. rational number a number that can be written as a ratio of two integers in the form a/b with b ≠ 0 6. whole number a number that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers, which has an infinite decimal representation that does not repeat

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Match the vocabulary word to its correct definition. 1. additive inverse a number belonging to the set made up of the whole numbers and their opposites 2. integer 4 a number belonging to the set made up of zero and the natural numbers 3. irrational number the opposite or negative of a number; the sum of a number and its additive inverse is zero 4. natural number a number belonging to the set made up of the numbers that are used to count: 1, 2, 3, and so on 5. rational number a number that can be written as a ratio of two integers in the form a/b with b ≠ 0 6. whole number a number that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers, which has an infinite decimal representation that does not repeat

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1. additive inverse - the opposite or negative of a number; the sum of a number and its additive inverse is zero

2. integer - a number belonging to the set made up of the whole numbers and their opposites

3. irrational number - a number that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers, which has an infinite decimal representation that does not repeat

4. natural number - a number belonging to the set made up of the numbers that are used to count: 1, 2, 3, and so on.

5. rational number - a number that can be written as a ratio of two integers in the form a/b with b ≠ 0

6. whole number - a number belonging to the set made up of zero and the natural numbers