Multiply Whole Numbers Flashcards
Composite
A number that has more than two factors
Prime
A whole number with exactly two factors, 1 and itself
Prime Factorization
Away of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors
Squared
A number raised to the second power
Power
A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent
Base
In a power, the number used as a factor.
Cubed
A number raised to the third power.
Exponent
In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor.
Product
The answer of a multiplication problem
distributive property
The Distributive Property is an algebra property which is used to multiply a single term and two or more terms inside a set of parentheses.
Compatible numbers
A number that is close to the actual number