Multiply Whole Numbers Flashcards
Composite
A number with 3 or more factors
Prime
A number with the factors 1 and itself
Prime Factorization
A way 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 is 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
Distributive Property
The property that terms in an expression may be expanded in a particular way to form an equivalent expression.
Compatible Numbers
Compatible numbers are numbers that are close in value to the actual numbers, and which make it easy to preform mental arithmetic.
Powers of 10
A number like 10, 100 ,1000 and so on. It is a result of using only 10 as a factor
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem