Multiply Whole Numbers Flashcards
Prime
Numbers that only have factors of 1 and itself
Composite
A whole number that has more than 2 factors
Prime factorization
A way of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors
Base
Any side of a parallelogram
Power
A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent
Squared
A number raised to the second power
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 to a multiplication problem
Powers of ten
A number like 10, 100, 1000 and so on. It is the result of using only 10 as a factor
Distributive property
To multiply a sum by a number, you can multiply each addend y the same number and add the products
Compatible numbers
Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally