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Math Vocabulary 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Common factor | a number that is a factor of two or more numbers. |
| Greatest common factor | the greatest factor that two or more numbers have in common. |
| Least common multiple | the least number that is a common multiple of two or more numbers. |
| Prime factorization | a number written as the product of all its prime factors. |
| Compatible numbers | numbers that are easy to solve mentally. |
| Decimal | a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point. |
| Dividend | the number that is to be divided in the division problem. |
| Divisor | the number that divides the dividend. |
| Prime number | a number that has exactly two factors, one and itself. |
| quotient | the number, not including the remainder, that results from dividing. |