Vocabulary Ladder
Fold the paper so that you can only see the vocabulary words in the left column. You and your
partner will start at the bottom of the ladder quizzing each other on the vocabulary from unit 1.
If your partner gets a question wrong, then you will tell him/her the correct definition. It will
then be your partner’s turn to quiz you. Continue rotating turns until you both reach the top of
the ladder!
Absolute Value
Natural Numbers
Negative Number
Perfect Square
Rational Numbers
Square Root
Coefficient
Irrational Numbers
Coordinate
Integers
Braces
Principal Square Root
Real Numbers
Whole Numbers
Radicand
Radical
Positive Number
A number’s distance from zero on the
number line
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …..}
A number whose value is less than zero
A number with two equal factors
Any number that can be written as the
ratio of two integers, a/b, where b ≠ 0
One of two equal factors of a number
A numerical factor of a term
Numbers that cannot be expressed as
terminating or repeating decimals
The number that corresponds to a point
on a number line
{….., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …..}
Symbol used to indicate a set, { }
The positive square root of a number
The set of rational and irrational
numbers
{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …..}
The number beneath the radical
The symbol used to indicate a square
root
A number whose value is greater than
zero
Vocabulary Ladder
Fold the paper so that you can only see the vocabulary words in the left column. You and your
partner will start at the bottom of the ladder quizzing each other on the vocabulary from unit 1.
If your partner gets a question wrong, then you will tell him/her the correct definition. It will
then be your partner’s turn to quiz you. Continue rotating turns until you both reach the top of
the ladder!
Coordinate
Braces
Principal Square Root
Whole Numbers
Radicand
Radical
Natural Numbers
Perfect Square
Positive Number
Coefficient
Absolute Value
Negative Number
Irrational Numbers
Real Numbers
Integers
Rational Numbers
Square Root
The number that corresponds to a point
on a number line
Symbol used to indicate a set, { }
The positive square root of a number
{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …..}
The number beneath the radical
The symbol used to indicate a square
root
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …..}
A number with two equal factors
A number whose value is greater than
zero
A numerical factor of a term
A number’s distance from zero on the
number line
A number whose value is less than zero
Numbers that cannot be expressed as
terminating or repeating decimals
The set of rational and irrational
numbers
{….., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …..}
Any number that can be written as the
ratio of two integers, a/b, where b ≠ 0
One of two equal factors of a number