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Pre-Algebra Formula Reference Sheet

The document is an algebraic formula sheet that covers various arithmetic operations, properties of inequalities, absolute values, exponents, and radicals. It also includes classifications of numbers such as natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rationals, irrationals, and real numbers. Additionally, it presents the triangle inequality and the distance formula for calculating distances between points.

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Pre-Algebra Formula Reference Sheet

The document is an algebraic formula sheet that covers various arithmetic operations, properties of inequalities, absolute values, exponents, and radicals. It also includes classifications of numbers such as natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rationals, irrationals, and real numbers. Additionally, it presents the triangle inequality and the distance formula for calculating distances between points.

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Algebraic Formula Sheet

Arithmetic Operations Properties of Inequalities


!
ac + bc = c(a + b) b ab If a < b then a + c < b + c and a − c < b − c
a =
c c
a b
If a < b and c > 0 then ac < bc and <
!
a a ac c c
!=
b a b a b
= b If a < b and c < 0 then ac > bc and >
c bc c c c

a c ad + bc a c ad − bc Properties of Absolute Value


+ = − =
b d bd c d bd (
x if x ≥ 0
|x| =
a−b b−a a+b a b −x if x < 0
= = +
c−d d−c c c c
|x| ≥ 0 | − x| = |x|
!
a
ab + ac b ad
= b + c, a 6= 0 !=
a c bc |xy| = |x||y| x |x|
=
d y |y|

Properties of Exponents
|x + y| ≤ |x| + |y| Triangle Inequality
n m n+m 0
x x =x x = 1, x 6= 0
|x − y| ≥ |x| − |y| Reverse Triangle Inequality
!n
(xn )m = xnm x xn
= Distance Formula
y yn
Given two points, PA = (x1 , y1 ) and PB = (x2 , y2 ),
(xy)n = xn y n 1 the distance between the two can be found by:
= xn
x−n p
d(PA , PB ) = (x2 − x1 )2 + (y2 − y1 )2
n
 1
n   m1
x m = x m = xn xn
m
= xn−m
x Number Classifications
!−n !n Natural Numbers : N={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .}
x y yn 1
= = x−n =
y x xn xn Whole Numbers : {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .}

Properties of Radicals Integers : Z={... ,-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, .. .}


√ 1 r √
n
x = xn x n
x
= √

n
Rationals : Q= All numbers that can be writ-
y n y
ten as a fraction with an integer numerator and a
√ √ √ a
n
xy = n
xny √ nonzero integer denominator,
n
xn = x, if n is odd b
Irrationals : {All numbers that cannot be ex-
√ √ pressed
√ √ √ as the ratio of two integers, for example
q
m n
x= mn
x n
xn = |x|, if n is even 5, 27, and π}

Real Numbers : R={All numbers that are either a


rational or an irrational number}

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