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Math Vocab
Question | Answer |
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opposite | The of a number is the same distance from 0 on a number line as the original number, but on the other side of 0. Zero is its own opposite |
integer | By using integers, you can express elevations above, below, and at sea level. Sea level has an elevation of 0 feet. Sylvia Earle’s record dive was to an elevation of 1,250 feet. |
absolute value | A number’s is its distance from 0 on a number line. Since distance can never be negative, absolute values are never negative. They are always positive or zero. |
prime number | A is a whole number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself. Three is a prime number because its only factors are 1 and 3. |
composite number | A is a whole number that has more than two factors. Six is a composite number because it has more than two factors—1, 2, 3, and 6. The number 1 has exactly one factor and is neither prime nor composite. |
prime factorization | A composite number can be written as the product of its prime factors. This is called the of the number. You can use a factor tree to find the prime factors of a composite number |
greatest common factor | The GCF of 2 or morewhole numbersis the greatest whole number |
least common multiple | the LCM of 2 numbers or moreiss the common multiple with the least value |
multiple | a multible of a number is the product of that numberand a nonzero whole number |