Multiply Whole Numbers

Question 1

Composite

Answer 1

A whole number that has more than two factors.

Question 2

Prime

Answer 2

A whole number with exactly two factors, 1 and itself.

Question 3

Prime factorization

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Squared

Answer 4

A number raised to the second power.

Question 5

Power

Answer 5

A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent.

Question 6

Base

Answer 6

In mathematics, a base or radix is the number of different digits or combination of digits and letters that a system of counting uses to represent numbers. For example, the most common base used today is the decimal system. Because “dec” means 10, it uses the 10 digits from 0 to 9.

Question 7

Powers of ten

Answer 7

A number like 10, 100, 1,000 and so on. It is the result of using only 10 as a factor.

Question 8

Cubed

Answer 8

A number raised to the third power.

Question 9

Exponent

Answer 9

In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor.

Question 10

Distributive property

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Compatible numbers

Answer 11

Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally.

Question 12

Product

Answer 12

The answer to a multiplication problem.