MSTEP Key Terms

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A comparison of two quantities by division.

• ratio
• percent
• unit rate

A rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit.

• Integer
• ratio
• unit rate

The largest common factor of two or more given numbers.
The _________ of 27 and 45 is 9.

• greatest common multiple
• greatest common factor
• integer

The smallest number, other than zero, that is a multiple of two or more given numbers.
The _______ of 10 and 18 is 90.

• least common factor
• least common multiple
• least number

The property that states if you multiply a sum by a number, you will get the same result if you multiply each addend by that number and then add the products.
5(20+1) = 5x20 + 5x1

• Distributive Property
• Exponent Property
• Order of Operations

A member of the set of whole numbers and their opposites. 
....-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3...

• Exponents
• Integer
• Ratio

A number greater than 0.

• integer
• positive number
• negative number

A number less than 0.

• negative number
• positive number
• interger

Two numbers that are an equal distance from zero on a number line.

• integer
• absolute value
• opposites

The distance of a number from zero on a number line; shown by   | |
 |-5| = 5

• integer
• rational number
• absolute value