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mathwords
vocab
Question | Answer |
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base | the number in an exponential expression that is multiplied by itself |
common factor | a common factor of two or more numbers is a number that is a factor of all the number |
common multiple | a common multiple of a set of numbers is a multiple of all numbers |
composite number | a whole number greater then 1 with more then two factors |
exponents | a symbol written above and to the right of a quantity that tells how many times the quantity is multiplied by itself |
factor | a factor of a whole number is another whole number that divides into it without a remainder |
factor pair | a factor pair for a number is two factors whose product equals that number |
greatest common factor | the GCF of two or more numbers is the greatest of their common factors |
least common multiple | the lcm of two or more numbers is the smallest of their common multiples |
multiple | a multiple of a whole number is the product of that number and another whole number |
order of operations | a convention for reading and evaluating expressions |
power | a number that is written using an exponent |
prime factorization | the prime factorization of a composite number shows that numbers written as a product of prime numbers |
prime number | a whole greater than 1 with two factors: itself and 1 |
product law of exponents | law that states when the base of two factors are the same, the power of their product is the sum of their exponents |
relatively prime | two or more numbers are relatively prime if their only common factor is 1 |