Chapter 2 Vocabulary

The Distributive Property...

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The property that states that multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend by the number and then adding the products

• The value of a digit in a number

Factor

• The value of a digit in a number, based on the location of a digit

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• A number that is multiplied by another number to find a product

Place Value

• To find an answer that is close to the exact amount

• The value of a digit in a number, based on the location of the digit

• To exchange amounts of equal value to rename a number

Regroup

• The value of a digit in a number, based on the location of the digit

• To exchange amounts of equal value to rename a number

• To find an answer that is close to the exact amount

Estimate

• To find an answer that is close to the exact amount

• The answer to a multiplication problem

Partial Product

• To multiply

• A method of multiplying in which the ones, tens, hundreds, and so on are multiplied separately and then the products are added together.

The answer to a multiplication problem is called:

• Quotient

• Product

• Multiplying

Round

• To replace a number with another number that tells about how many or how much

• To find an answer that is close to the exact amount