Multiply Whole #s Flashcards
Composite
Numbers that have more than one and itself as a factor
Prime
Number that have 2 factors= one 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 used as a factor
Cubed
A number raised to the third power
Exponent
In a power the number times the base is used as a factor
Distributive properties
to multiply a sum by a #, you can multiply each addend by the same # and then add the products
Compatible numbers
Numbers in a problem that are easy to work mentally
Product
The answer to a multiplication problem
Powers of 10
Powers of 10 have a relationship. They all are multiplied by 10