Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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Prime

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A whole number with 2 factors: 1, and itself

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2
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Composite

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A whole number with more than 2 factors

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3
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Prime factorization

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

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4
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Power

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A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent

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5
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Cubed

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A number raised to the Third power

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6
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Base

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In a power, the number used as a factor of 10 cubed, the base is 10

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7
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Squared

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A number raised to the second power

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8
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Exponent

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In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. In 5 cubed the exponent is 3

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9
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Powers of ten

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A number like 10, 100, 1000 and so on. It’s a result of using only ten as a factor

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10
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Distributive property

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

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11
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Compatible numbers

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Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally

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12
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Product

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The answer to a multiplication problem

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13
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Factor

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A number that is multiplied by another number

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