Multiply Whole Numbers Flashcards
Composite numbers
Numbers that have more than two factors
Prime numbers
Numbers that only have two 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 by raising abase 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 umber of times the base is used as a factor
Power of 10
A number like 10, 100, 1,000, etc. It is the result as using ten as a factor.
Distributive property
To multiply a sum by a number, you can multiply each addend by the same number and and add the products.
Compatible numbers
Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally.
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem