Unit 3: Factors and Products Flashcards
Define factors.
Two or more numbers that multiply to any given numbers.
Define multiples.
The product of a given number and a natural number.
Define prime numbers.
A number with only two distinct factors, one and itself. Doesn’t include one itself.
Define prime factorization.
A natural number is written as a product of its prime factors.
Define Greatest Common Factor.
The largest number that divides into each number in a set without a remainder.
Define Least Common Multiple.
The smallest multiple that is the same for two or more numbers.
Define perfect squares.
Any number that can be represented as the area of a square with a whole number side length.
Define perfect cube.
Any whole number that can be represented as the volume of a cube with a whole number side length.
Define cube root.
A number that is an edge length of a cube.
Define variable.
A letter that represents a quantity.
Define constant.
The term in an expression or equation that is a number (ie-no variable parts).
Define term.
A variable, a constant, or numbers & variables…seperated by addition/substraction
Define like terms.
Terms that have the same variables raised to the same powers.
Define polynomial.
One term or the sum of terms whose variables have whole number exponents. Constants included just by themselves as they have degree 0.
Define monomial, binomial, and trinomial.
A polynomial with one, two, and three terms, respectively.
