Chapter 1 Math Vocabulary

Word Definition Example

one of the numbers you multiply

factor
in a multiplication sentence

greatest the largest whole number that

common factor divides into two or more whole
(GCF) numbers with no remainder

a number that has only 2 factors,

prime number
1 and itself

composite a number that has more than 2

number factors

the prime numbers which

prime
multiply together to make a
factorization
composite number
a product (multiplication answer)
multiple of a whole number and any other
whole number
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the smallest whole number that
least common
has two or more given numbers
multiple (LCM)
as factors

a rule to find out if a number is a

divisibility rule
factor of another number

way to show repeated

power
multiplication

the number being multiplied in a

base
power

how many times to use a number

exponent
in multiplication

one of two equal factors of a

square root
number
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order of rules which determine the
operations sequence of calculations in a
(BEDMAS) math expression
a way to write a number as a
scientific
decimal between 1 and 10,
notation multiplied by a power of 10
a way of writing a number that
expanded form shows the value of each digit as
a power of 10