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Number Sense Ch 1-3
Term | Definition |
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Fraction | Parts of a whole |
Common Factor | A number that is a factor of two or more numbers |
Factor | A number multiplied by another number to find a product |
Dividend | The number that is to be divided in a division problem |
Prime Number | A number that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself |
Prime Factorization | A number written as the product of all of its prime factors |
Divisor | The number that divides the dividend |
Greatest Common Factor (GCF) | The greatest factor that two or more numbers have in common |
Least Common Multiple (LCM) | The least number that is a common multiple of two or more numbers |
Reciprocal | Two numbers are reciprocals of each other if their product equals 1 |
Mixed Number | A number that is made up of a whole number and a fraction |
Simplest Form | A fraction is in simplest form when the numerator and denominator have only 1 as a common factor |
Compatible Numbers | Numbers that are easy to compute with mentally |
Multiplicative Inverse | A reciprocal of a number that is multiplied by that number resulting in a product of 1 |
Common Denominator | A common multiple of two or more denominators |
Equivalent Fractions | Fractions that name the same amount or part |
Absolute Value | The distance of an integer from zero on a number line |
Ordered Pair | A pair of numbers used to locate a point on a grid |
Opposites | Two numbers that are the same distance, but in opposite directions, from zero on a number line |
Line Symmetry | A figure has line symmetry if it can be folded about a line so that its two parts match exactly |
Negative Integer | Any integer less than zero |
Integers | The set of whole numbers and their opposites |
Coordinate Plane | A plane formed by a horizontal line called the x-axis and a vertical line called the y-axis |
Line of Symmetry | A line that divides a figure into two halves that are reflections of each other |
Origin | The point where the two axes of a coordinate plane intersect |
X-Coordinate | The first number in an ordered pair; tells the distance to move right or left from (0,0) |
Y-Coordinate | The second number in an ordered pair; tells the distance to move up or down from(0,0) |
Quadrants | The four regions of the coordinates plane separated by the x- and y-axes |
Rational Number | Any number that can be written as a ratio a/b where a and b are integers and b does not equal 0 |
Positive Integer | Any integer greater than zero |
X-Axis | The horizontal number line on a coordinate plane |
Y-Axis | The vertical number line on a coordinate plane |