Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms

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Chapter 1 vocabulary
Eli Southard
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Addends Number that is combined in the addition problem
Addends Number that combined in the addition process. Example: 8+9=17, in which 8 and 9 are the addends.
Decimal Point Center of the decimal system- located between units and tenths. Numbers to the left are whole numbers; to the right are decimal numbers.
Decimal system The U.S. base numbering system that uses 10 single-digit numbers shown on a calculator.
Difference The resulting answer to a subtraction problem.
Dividend Number in the division process that is being divided by another.
Divisor Number of the division process that is being divided into another.
Minuend In a subtraction problem, the larger number from which another is subtracted.
Multiplicand The first or top number being multiplied in a multiplication problem.
Partial Products Numbers between multiplier and product
Partial Quotient Occurs when divisor doesn't divide evenly in the dividend.
Product Answer of a multiplication process.
Quotient The answer of a division problem.
Remainder Leftover amount in division.
Rounding all the way The process to estimate the actual answer. When rounding all the way, only one nonzero digit is left. Rounding all the way gives the least degree of accuracy.
Subtrahend In a subtraction problem smaller number that is being subtracted from another.
Sum Total in the addition process.
Whole Number Number that is 0 or larger that doesn't contain a decimal or fraction.
Cancellation Reducing process that is used to simplify the multiplication and division of fractions.
Common Denominator To add two or more fractions, denominators must be the same.
Denominator The number of a common fraction below the division line.
Equivalent Two or more fractions equivalent in value.
Fraction Expresses a part of a whole number
Greatest Common Divisor The largest possible number that will divide evenly into both the numerator and the denominator.
Higher Terms Expressing a fraction with a new numerator and denominator that is equivalent to the original.
Improper Fractions Fraction that has a value equal to or greater than 1; Numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator.
Least Common Denominator Smallest nonzero whole number into which all denominators will divide evenly.
Like Fractions Proper Fractions with the same denominators.
Lowest Terms Expressing a fraction when no number divides evenly into the numerator and denominator except the number 1.
Mixed Numbers Sum of a whole number greater than zero and a proper proper fraction.
Numerator Number of a common fraction above the division line.
Prime Numbers Whole number greater than 1 that is only divisible by itself.
Proper Fraction Fractions with a value less than 1; numerator is smaller than denominator such as 5/9.
Reciprocal The interchanging of the numerator and the denominator. Inverted number is the reciprocal.
Unlike Fractions Proper fractions with different denominators.
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