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Chapter 2 vocabulary to know
Term | Definition |
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dividend | the number being divided (the number inside the house) |
divisor | the number that will divide the dividend (the number outside the house) |
quotient | the answer to a division problem |
product | the answer to a multiplication problem |
numerator | tells how many parts of the whole in the fraction (top number) |
denominator | tells how many parts the whole is divided into (bottom number) |
improper fraction | when the numerator is larger than the denominator- top heavy |
mixed number | a number with both a whole number and a fraction |
multiplicative inverse | reciprocal (flip the fraction) |
equivalent fractions | 2 fractions with the same value |
algorithm | a set of rules or method that you use to solve a math problem |
whole numbers | all counting numbers including zero. no decimal numbers or fractions |
factors | all the whole numbers that can be divided equally into another number. ex: the factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 |
multiple | the times table for that number, skip counting. ex: the multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15... |
composite number | a number with more than 2 factors. ex: 8 (factors are 1, 2,4, 8) |
prime number | a number with exactly 2 factors: 1 and itself. ex: 7 (factors are 1, 7) |
divisible | a number is divisible by another number if after dividing there is no remainder. ex: 8 is divisible by 2 and 4 |
greatest common factor (GCF) | the largest quantity that factors (divides) evenly into two or more numbers. ex: Factors of 15 Factors of 24 1, 3, 5, 15 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 The GCF of 15 and 24 is 3. |
least common multiple (LCM) | the smallest multiple shared by two or more numbers ex: 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 9: 9, 18, 27, 36 The LCM of 6 & 9 is 18. |
least common denominator (LCD) | the LCM of two denominators |