Term | Definition |
factor | one of two or more numbers multiplied to get a product; a number that goes into another number evenly |
proper factors | all of the factors of a number except the number itself |
prime number | has only two factors- one and itself |
composite number | a whole number with factors other than one and itself |
multiple | the product of a given whole number and another number |
product | the answer to a multiplication problem |
order of operations | parenthesis, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction |
factor pair | two numbers that multiply to get a product |
square number | has an odd number of factors; a number multiplied by itself equals a square number |
conjecture | a logical guess about what you think will happen in a math situation |
even numbers | has 2 as a factor; ends in 0,2,4,6,8 |
odd number | does not have 2 as a factor; ends in 1,3,5,7,9 |
even + even = | even |
odd + odd = | even |
even + odd = | odd |
even x even = | even |
odd x odd = | odd |
even x odd = | even |
Venn diagram | uses circles to group things that belong together |
GCF- Greatest Common Factor | the biggest number that goes into two or more numbers evenly |
common factors | factors that two or more numbers share |
LCM- Least Common Multiple | the smallest number that two or more numbers can go into evenly |
prime factorization | the longest factor string for any whole number- made up of all prime numbers |
exponents | small raised number that shows how many times a number is multiplied |