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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
GRADE 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| quotient | answer to a division equation |
| remainder | the amount leftover when a number does not divide evenly |
| dividend | the number being divided |
| divisor | the number you are dividing by |
| equation | a mathematical sentence that contains an equals sign. |
| expression | a mathematical phrase that contains operations, numbers, and/or variables without an equal sign. |
| factors | numbers you multiply together to get a product |
| fact family | a group of related facts using the same numbers |
| multiple | a product of a given whole number and any other whole number. |
| identity property of multiplication | if you multiply a number by one, the product is the same as that number. |
| commutative property of multiplication | changing the order of the factors does not change the product. |
| Associative Property of Multiplication | changing the grouping of three or more factors does not change the product. |
| product | the answer to a multiplication problem |
| zero property of multiplication | the product of any number and zero is zero. |
| decimal point | a dot (.) separating the whole number from the fraction in decimal notation. |
| place value | the value of a digit based on its position within a number |
| exponents | the number that is small and raised to show how many times to multiply the number by itself. |
| powers of 10 | the number of times 10 is multiplied by itself. |
| compatible numbers | numbers that are easy to compute mentally |
| rounding | finding the approximate value of a number |