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Term

Fact Family

Definition
A group of related facts using the same set of numbers.
Term
Period
Definition
In a number, a group of three digits, seperated by commas, starting from the right.
Term

Standard Form

Definition
A way to write a number showing only its digits.
Term

Expanded Form

Definition

A number written as the sum of the values of its digits.

 

 

Example: 40,000 + 2,000 + 100 + 50 +2

Term
Word Form
Definition

A number written only in words.

 

Example: four thousand, six hundred, fifty-one.

Term
Hundredth
Definition
One part of 100 equal parts of whole.
Term
Tenth
Definition
One of ten equal parts of a whole.
Term
Decimal Point
Definition

A dot used to seperate dollars from cents

or

ones from tenths in a number.

Term
Breaking Apart
Definition

A mental math method used to rewrite a number as the sum of numbers to form an easier problem.

 example:

 

102 x 3 =

 

(100 x 3) + (2 x 3) =

 

300 + 6 = 306

 

 

Term
Compensation
Definition

Adding and subtracting the same number to make the sum or difference easier to find.

 

Term
Associative Property of Addition
Definition

Addends can be regrouped and the sum (answer)

remains the same.

Example:

3 + 2 = 2 + 3

Term
Counting On
Definition

Counting up from the smaller number to find the difference of the two numbers.

Example:

16 - 9=

 

___1_2__3__4_5__6_ 7_

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

 

16-9=7

Term
Identity Property of Addition
Definition

The sum, answer, of any number and zero is that number.

 

Example:

5 + 0 = 5

9 + 0 = 9

Term
Cummutative Property of Addition
Definition

Numbers can be added in any order and the sum remains the same.

Term
Inverse Operations
Definition

Two operations that undo each other.

 

Addition and subtraction are inverse operations.

 

Multiplication and division are inverse opoerations.

 

Term
Array
Definition

A way of displaying objects in rows and columns.

 

 

5 x 4 =

 

X X X X X

X X X X X

X X X X X

X X X X X

Term

Multiple

Definition
The product of any two hole numbers
Term
Product
Definition
The answer to a multiplication problem.
Term
Factors
Definition

The numbers multiplied together to find a product.

 

example: 3 x 6 = 18

 

3 and 6 are the factors.

Term
Identity Property of Multiplication
Definition

The product of any number and one is that number.

 

Example:

 

5 x 1 = 5

Term
Commutative Property of Multiplication
Definition
Numbers can be multiplied in any order and the product remains the same.
Term
Distributive Property
Definition

Breakng apart problems into two simplier problems.

 

Example: 3 x 21=

 

(3x20) + (3x1) =

Term

Zero Property of Multiplication

Definition

The product of any number and zero is zero.

 

example:

 

1000 x 0 = 0

 

55 x 0 = 0

Term
Dividend
Definition

The number to be divided in a division problem.

example:

40 divided by 4 = 10

 

40 is the dividend

Term
Quotient
Definition

The number that results from the division of one number by another number.

 

Example:

40 divided by 4 = 10

 

10 is the quotient.

Term
Divisor
Definition

The number by which another number is divided.

 

example:

40 divided by 4 = 10

 

4 is the divisor.

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