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Maier (MATH)
Number Sense Chapter 1-3
Word | Definition |
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Common Factor | A number that is a factor of two or more numbers. |
Dividend | The number that is to be divided into a division problem. |
Divisor | The number that divides the dividend. |
Factor | A number multiplied by another number to find a product. |
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 multiple of two or more numbers. |
Prime Factorization | A number written as the product of all its prime factors. |
Prime Number | A number that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself. |
Common Denominator | A common multiple of two or more denominators. |
Compatible Numbers | Numbers that are easy to compute with mentally. |
Equivalent Fractions | Fractions that name the same amount or part. |
Fraction | A number that names a part of a whole or a part of a group. |
Mixed Number | A number that is made up of a whole number and a fraction. |
Multiplicative Inverse | A reciprocal of a number that is multiplied by that number resulting in a product of 1. |
Reciprocal | Two numbers are reciprocals of each other if their products equal 1. |
Simplest Form | A fraction is in simplest form when the numerator and denominator have only 1 as a common factor. |
Absolute Value | The distance of an integer from zero on a number line. |
Coordinate Plane |