Number system bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Proven statement used in a proof.

   Item

   Lemma

2. Clue

   Well defined steps to solve.

   Item

   Algorithm

3. Clue

   Largest number dividing both.

   Item

   HCF

4. Clue

   Greatest power of each prime.

   Item

   LCM

5. Clue

   Infinitely many of these.

   Item

   Prime

6. Clue

   Product of primes, uniquely.

   Item

   Composite

7. Clue

   Not p over q.

   Item

   Irrational

8. Clue

   Denominator has only 2s and 5s.

   Item

   Terminating

9. Clue

   Prince of Mathematicians.

   Item

   Gauss

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation