click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Math Vocabulary
vocabulary practice up through October
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |