Multiplication Vocabulary

finding a total amount for groups containing the same number of items; repeated addition

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 is the same as 4 x 3

• factor

• multiple

• multiplication

• prime

the measurement of length in one direction

• multiple

• dimensions

• array

• model

numbers you get by multiplying a number by a given number; skip counting

• multiplication

• factor

• factor sets

• multiple

the total to a multiplication equation

• product

• factor

• prime

• composite

items arranged in rows and columns

• dimensions

• product

• array

• multiple

set of 2 factors multiplied together

• multiple

• factor

• multiplication

• factor pairs

a number that has more than one set of factor pairs and can make multiple arrays

• prime

• composite

• array

• multiple

the number we get by multiplying together the same factors

• prime

• composite

• square number

• array

a number that only has one set of factor pairs and can only make one array

• factor pair

• square number

• composite

• prime

numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number

• array

• prime

• factor

• multiple