Chapter 2 Flashcards
Prime
Numbers that can only be multiplied by 1 and itself
Composite
Numbers that can be multiplied by multiple numbers
Prime factorization
A way of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors
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
Sdfghj
Exponent
In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor.
Powers of ten
A number like 10, 100, 1,000 and so on. It is the result of using 10 as a factor
Distributive property
To multiply the sum by a number, you an 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