Multiply Whole Numers Flashcards
Composite
A whole number that has more than two factors.
Prime
A whole number with exactly two factors, 1 and itself.
Prime factorization
A way of expressing a composite number as a product of it’s prime factors.
Squared
A number raised to the second power.
Power
A number obtained by raising a base to an exponent.
Base
The number 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
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 the are easy to work with mentally.
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem.
Powers of 10
A number like 10, 100, 1,000 and so in.it is the result of using only ten as a factor.