Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

The repeated factor in a power.

• base

• period

• exponent

• power

The number of times the base of a power is used as a factor.

• factor

• exponent

• base

• power

A product of repeated factors

• base

• factor

• exponent

• power

Each group of three digits separated by commas in a multi-digit number

• base

• power

• period

• thousandth

One of one thousand equal parts of a whole.

• thousandth

• thousandths place

• power

• exponent

The third place to the right of the decimal point.

• thousandth

• thousandths place

• power

• exponent