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MATH-Chapter 1
VOCABULARY
Term | Definition |
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power | product of repeated factors |
base | power IS the repeated factor |
exponent | a power indicates the number of times the base is used as a factor |
perfect square | the square of a whole number |
numerical expression | an expression that contains numbers and operations (does not have an = sign) |
evaluate | another way to say, find the value of |
order of operations | a set of rules to evaluate a numerical expression |
factor pair | A set of two nonzero factors whose product results in a definite number |
prime factorization | when a number is written as a product of its prime factors |
common factors | factors shared by two or more numbers |
factor tree | A diagram used to find the factors of a composite number |
greatest common factor | The greatest of the common factors shared by two or more numbers |