Vocabulary Topic 3

A set of steps used to solve a math problems.

• place value

• multiplication

• algorithm

The value given to a place a digit has in a number.

• sum

• place value

• expanded form

A group of related facts using the same set of numbers.

• factors

• addends

• fact family

The product of any number and one is that number.

• Identity property of multiplication

• commutative property of addition

• commutative proper of multiplication

A symbol that points away from a greater number.

• less than symbol

• greater that symbol

• variable

Factors can be multiplied in any order and the product stays the same.

• Commutative property of addition

• Commutative property of division

• Commutative property of multiplication

Factors can be regrouped and the product stays the same.

• Distributive property

• Associative property of multiplication

• commutative of multiplication

Multiplying a sum (or difference) by a number is the same as multiplying each number in the sum (or difference) by that number and adding (or subtracting) the products.

• Multiplication

• Associative property of multiplication

• Distributive property of multiplication

An expression that contains numbers and at least one operation.

• number sentence expression

• numerical expression

• number name expression

Products found by breaking one factor in a multiplication problem into ones, tens, hundreds, and so on and then multiplying each of these by the other factor.

• Breaking apart

• Partial quotients

• Partial Products