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Chapter 2
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Base | In a power, the number used as a factor. |
Compatible Numbers | Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally. |
Cubed | A number raised to the third power. |
Distributive Property | To multiply a sum by a number, multiply each addend by the number, and add the products. |
Exponent | In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor. |
Power | A number obtained by raising a base number to an eponent. |
Power of 10 | A number like 10, 100, 1000 and so on. It is the result of using only ten as a factor. |
Prime Factorization | A way of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors. |
Property | A rule in mathematics that can be applied to all numbers. |
Squared | A number raised to the second power. |