Academic Vocabulary 5

put to use; do

• array

• solve

• division

• apply

calculate

• division

• decompose

• compute

• interpret

to make sense of and assign meaning to the data

• divisor

• interpret

• strategies

• identity property of multiplication

find the answer

• solve

• associative property of multiplication

• decompose

• array

1. a method or way of solving a problem

• solve

• array

• strategies

• dividend

items (such as objects, numbers, etc.) arranged in rows and columns

• array

• solve

• zero property of multiplication

• division

multiply regardless of how the numbers are grouped (a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

• zero property of multiplication

• identity property of multiplication

• associative property of multiplication

• distributive property of multiplication

changing the order of the factors does not change the product (a x b x c = c x b x a)

• zero property of multiplication

• associative property of multiplication

• identity property of multiplication

• commutative property of multiplication

to separate or break down (take apart)

• decompose

• solve

• array

• strategies

simplifying an expression by multiplying a number by each term inside the parenthesis a x (b+c)= (a x b) + (a x c)

• associative property of multiplication

• commutative property of multiplication

• identity property of multiplication

• distributive property of multiplication over addition