Chapter 1: Whole Numbers: How to dissect and Solve Word Problems, Key Terms

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These are all of the key terms for Chapter 1: Whole Numbers: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems
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Decimal System The U.S. base 10 numbering system that uses the 10 single-digit numbers shown on a calculator
Decimal Point Center of the decimal system—located between units and tenths. Numbers to left are whole numbers; to the right are decimal numbers
Whole Numbers Number that is 0 or larger and doesn’t contain a decimal or fraction, such as 10, 55, or 92, 4.
Rounding all the way Process to estimate actual answer. When rounding all the way, only one nonzero digit is left. Rounding all the way gives the least degree of accuracy, 6, 9. Example: 1,251 to 1,000; 2,995 to 3,000.
Addends Numbers that are combined in the addition process, 9. Example: 8 + 9 = 17, in which 8 and 9 are the addends
Sum Total in the adding process, 9.
Minuend In a subtraction problem, the larger number from which another is subtracted, 10. Example: 50 – 40 = 10.
Subtrahend In a subtraction problem, smaller number that is being subtracted from another, 10. Example: 30 in 150 − 30 = 120
Difference The resulting answer from a subtraction problem, 10. Example: Minuend less subtrahend equals difference. 215 − 15 = 200.
Multiplicand The first or top number being multiplied in a multiplication problem
Multiplier The second or bottom number doing the multiplication in a problem
Product Answer to a multiplication process
Partial Products Numbers between multiplier and product
Divisor Number in the division process that is dividing into another, 13. Example: 15 ÷ 5, in which 5 is the divisor.
Dividend Number in the division process that is being divided by another, 13. Example: 15 ÷ 5, in which 15 is the dividend.
Quotient The answer to a division problem
Partial Quotient Occurs when divisor doesn’t divide evenly into the dividend
Remainder Leftover amount in division
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