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Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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divisibleable to be divided by without a remainder
prime numbera number with exactly 2 factors
composite numbera number with 3 or more factors
factorsnumbers that are multiplied
productthe answer to a multiplication problem
GCFthe greatest number that is a factor of 2 or more numbers
prime factorizationa way to write a number as the product of all prime factors
factor treea method for prime factorization that uses factor pairs
inverted divisiona method for prime factorization that uses division
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmeticevery whole number can be written uniquely as the product of prime factors
multiplesthe product of a number and 1,2,3,etc
LCMthe lowest number that 2 or more numbers go into
relatively primewhen the GCF is 1
Sieve of Eratosthenesa tool for finding all the primes less that 100
Rational Numbera number that can be written as a fraction of integers
Irrational Numbera non-terminating and non-repeating decimal
repeating decimala decimal number with a repeating block of digits
terminating decimala decimal that ends
IntegersWhole Numbers and their Opposites
Real Numbersall Rational and Irrational numbers together
improper fractionwhen the numerator is greater than the denominator
mixed numbera whole number combined with a fraction
canceling common factorswhen you divide any numerator and denominator by the same factor
lowest termswhen the numerator and denominator are relatively prime
reciprocalstwo numbers whose product is one
multiplicative inverse propertyWhen the product of a number and its reciprocal is one
the rule for dividingmultiply by the reciprocal
algebraic fractionsfractions that contain variables
like fractionsfractions with the same denominator
unlike fractionsfractions with different denominators
LCDthe LCM of the denominators
equivalenthaving the same value


Math Teacher
Dover-Sherborn Middle School
Dover, MA

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