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Topic 3 Vocabulary
Use Strategies and Properties ot Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Associative Property of Multiplication | States that you can change the grouping of the factors and the product stays the same. |
| Numerical Expression | Contains numbers and at least one operation. |
| Distributive Property | States that multiplying a sum (or difference) by a number is the same as multiplying each number in the sum (or difference) by that number and adding (or subtracting) the products. |
| Compensation | Choosing numbers close to the numbers in a problem to make the computation easier, and then adjusting the answer for the numbers chosen. |
| Commutative Property of Multiplication | States that the order of factors can be changed, but the product stays the same. |
| Partial Products | Products found by breaking one factor in a multiplication problem into ones, tens, hundreds, and so on and then multiplying each of these by the other factor. |