Week 6 Vocab Flashcard

Front

Prime number:

Back

A number with ONLY two factors.

Answer explanation

Prime numbers have only 2 factors: 1 and themselves

Front

Numbers that can be multiplied to yield a product.

Back

factors

Answer explanation

Factors can be multiplied together to find a product.

Front

1 is neither prime nor composite.

Back

neither

Front

Composite number:

Back

More than two factors.

Front

In PEMDAS, M stands for?

Back

Multiplication

Front

Addition always precedes subtraction.

Back

False

Answer explanation

Multiplication and Division are worked left to right.

Addition and subtraction are worked left to right.

Front

GEMDAS stands for:

Back

Grouping (Parentheses), Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

Answer explanation

Remember: George, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Front

When multiplying/dividing or adding/subtracting, we work

Back

from left to right

Front

Division ALWAYS comes before Multiplication: True or False?

Back

False

Answer explanation

We work from left to right when our operations have the same power level.