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Chapter 3 Vocab
Chapter 3 Vocab
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5th Grade
11/03/2010

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Term
Factors
Definition
Numbers that are multiplied in a multiplication problem as in 2 x 3 = 6 (The numbers 2 and 3 are examples of this)
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Product
Definition
The answer in a multiplication problem as in
2 x 3 = 6 (The number 6 is an example of this.)
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Multiple
Definition
A number that is the product of the given number and a counting number 6 x 3 = 18 (18 is an example of this)
Term
Estimate
Definition
A number close to an exact amount that tells about how much or about how many.
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Front end estimation
Definition
Estimation by looking at the first digit of a number as in 45 + 32 = 40 + 30
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Commutative Property
Definition
Changing the order of the factors does not change their product as in 5 x 3 = 3 x 5
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Associative Property
Definition
Changing the grouping of the same numbers and variables in a multiplication problem does not change their product 3 x(2 x 4) = (3 X 2) x 4
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Identity Property
Definition
The product of any number and 1 is that number as in 4 x 1 = 4
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Zero Property
Definition
The product of any number and 0 equals 0 as in
4 x 0 = 0
Term
Distributive Property
Definition
When two addends are multiplied by a factor, the product would be the same as if each addend was multiplied by the factor and those products were added as in 4 x 23 = 4 x (20 + 3)
4 x 20 + 4 x 3
80 + 12 = 92
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Partial Product
Definition
the answer to part of the product of a multiplication problem when using the distributive property.
4 x 23 = 4 x (20 + 3)
4 x 20 + 4 x 3
80 + 12 = 92 (80 and 12 are examples of this)
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