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Math Vocabulary
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fact family | a set of related multiplication and division, or addition and subtraction equations |
| inverse operations | operations that undo each other |
| round | to replace a number with another number that tells about how many or how much |
| estimate | a number close to an exact amount |
| front-end estimation | a method of estimating a sum or difference by using the front digit of the number and substituting zeros for the other digits |
| compatible numbers | numbers that are easy to compute mentally |
| difference | the answer to a subtraction problem |
| sum | the answer to an addition problem |
| regroup | to exchange amounts of equal value to rename a number |