Grade 5 Chapter 2

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prime factorization

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a way of expressing a composite number as a product of its prime factors

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power

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a number obtained by raising a base number to an exponent

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exponent

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In a power, the number of times the base is used as a factor

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squared

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a number raised by the second power

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cubed

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a number raised by the 3rd power

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base

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In a power, the number is used as a factor

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power of 10

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a number like 10, 100, 1000, and so on.

It is the result of using only 10 as a factor.

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Distributive Property

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To multiply a sum by a number, multiply each addend by the number and add the products.

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Property

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A rule in mathematics that can be applied to all numbers

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Compatible numbers

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Numbers in a problem that are easy to work with mentally