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Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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One of two or more numbers that are multiplied to get a product. | Factors |
List all the factors of 18 | 1,18 2,9 3,6 |
The product of a given whole number and another whole number. The numbers you "land-on" when skip-counting by a given whole number. | Multiples |
Why will you never be asked to list ALL the multiples of a number? | Because all numbers have an infinite number of multiples. |
If 24 is a multiple of 12, that means that 12 is _________ of 24. | Factor |
A number with only two factors, one and the number itself. | Prime Number |
A whole number with more than two factors. | Composite Number |
Is the number one prime or composite? | Neither, one is a special number because it only has one factor, itself. |
The largest factor that two numbers share. | The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) |
The smallest multiple that two numbers share. | The Least Common Multiple (LCM) |
The prime factor string you get when breaking a number down into its prime factors using either upside-down division or factor trees. | Prime Factorization |
Name a method you could use to find the GCF of two numbers. | Venn Diagrams, Listing all the factors to find the greatest match, Prime Factorization (using the prime factor strings) |
Name a method you could use to find the LCM of two numbers. | Venn Diagrams, Listing the multiples, Prime Factorization (prime factor strings) |