Chapter 2 Flashcards
Prime
A number with factors with only one and it’s self
Composite
It has more factors than one and its self
Prime factorization
The decomposition of a number that has smaller product
Power
A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent
Cubed
A number raised to the third power
Base
In a power the number used as a factor
Squared
A number with two the second power
Exponent
In a power the number of times the base is used as a factor
Power of 10
A number like 10 100 1,000 and so on it is the result of using only 10 as a factor
Distributive property
To multiply a sum by a number you can multiply each addend by the same number and add the products
Compatible numbers
Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem
Factor
A number that is multiplied by another number