Multiply Whole Numbers Flashcards
Composite
Is a number that has two or more factors
Prime
Is a number that only has two factors: 1 and itself
Prime Factorization
A way of expressing a composite number as a product of it’s prime factors
Power
Numbers expressed using exponents
Squared
A number raised to the second power
Base
A number used as a factor
Exponent
The small number showing how many times the base is multiplied by itself
Cubed
A number raised to the third power
Powers of 10
A number like 10,100,1000and so on. It is the result of using only a factor of 10.
Distributive Property
To Multiply a sum by a number, you can multiply each addend by the same number and add the products
Compatible Numbers
Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem