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Math Vocabulary
vocabulary practice up through October
Question | Answer |
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factor tree | a strategy used to find the prime factorization of a number |
factor | any numbers multiplied together to form a product |
greatest common factor | the largest factor of two or more numbers |
composite number | a whole number with more than two factors |
prime number | a counting number that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself |
common factor | a factor that has two or more numbers to share |
expanded form | a number written in a way that shows the value of each of its digits |
standard form | the usual way to write the name of a number |
written form | the number as it is said in words |
word form | the number as it is said in words |
product | the answer to a multiplication problem |
quotient | the answer to a division problem |
divisor | the number by which another number is divided |
dividend | the number being divided |
place value | the value of a digit determined by its position in a number |
compatible numbers | numbers that seem to go together because they are easy to compute mentally |