Chapter 2

Question 1

Prime

Answer 1

A whole number with exactly two factors 1 and itself

Question 2

Composite

Answer 2

A whole number that has more than two factors

Question 3

Prime factorization

Answer 3

A way of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors

Question 4

Power

Answer 4

A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent

Question 5

Cubed

Answer 5

A number raised to the third power

Question 6

Base

Answer 6

In a power the number used as a factor

Question 7

Squared

Answer 7

A number raised to the second power

Question 8

Exponent

Answer 8

In a power the number of times the base is used as a factor

Question 9

Powers of ten

Answer 9

A number like 10, 100, 1,000 and so on. It is the result of using only 10 as a factor

Question 10

Distributive property

Answer 10

To multiply a sum by a number, you can multiply each addend by the same number and add the products

Question 11

Composite numbers

Answer 11

A whole number that has more than two factors

Question 12

Product

Answer 12

The answer to a multiplication problem

Question 13

Factors

Answer 13

A number that is multiplied by a another number