Math Vocab. Flashcards
Expanded form
Writing a # as a sum of the value of it’s digits
Word form
Writing a # using words
Standard form
A way to write a number using digits
Place value
The value of a digit and its place
Decimal
A number that has a digit in the tents place,hundredths place,and beyond.
Period
Each group of three digits on a place value chart.
Prime #
A prime number only has 2 factors,1 and itself
Composite #
Composite numbers have more than 2 factors.
Prime factorization
Prime factorization is a way to express a composite # as a product +(*) of it’s prime factors
Power
Numbers that are expressed using exponents
Cubed
3rd power
Base
The big number used as a factor
Squared
2nd power
Exponent
The small number that shows how many times the base is used as a factor
Distributive property
multiple a sum by a number, you can multiple each addend by the same number and add the products