Vocabulary Review

Question 1

Factor

Answer 1

a whole number that can be divided evenly into another number

Question 2

Rational number

Answer 2

a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction ⁠of two integers.

Question 3

Integer

Answer 3

a whole number (not a fractional number) that can be positive, negative, or zero

Question 4

FOIL

Answer 4

First, outside, inside, last

Question 5

Reciprocal

Answer 5

the number you get when you divide 1 by that number; essentially, it’s the “flipped” version of a fraction, where the numerator and denominator are swapped, and when multiplied by the original number, the result is always 1; it’s also called a multiplicative inverse

Question 6

Factor

Answer 6

Division with no remainder: A factor of a number is a number that divides that number completely without leaving a remainder.

Multiplication perspective: Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to produce another number.

Always whole numbers: Factors are always whole numbers (integers), not fractions or decimals

Question 7

Order of operations

Answer 7

the rules that tell us the sequence in which we should solve an expression with multiple operations

Question 8

Greatest Common Factor

Answer 8

The highest number that divides exactly into two or more numbers