Math Vocab. #2

The answer to a multiplication problem is called a

• factor

• product

• sum

• difference

The numbers we multiply together are called

• factors

• products

• sums

• differences

Changing the grouping of factors using parentheses is called

• communitive property of multiplication

• associative property of multiplication

• identity property

The ability to multiply factors in any order is called what property?

• identity property

• distributive property

• commutative property

• associative property

The following is an example of what property?

6 X (10+8) = (6X10) + (6X8)

• identity property

• commutative property

• associative property

• distributive property

Breaking up the factors into one, tens, hundreds to multiply is called

• partial sums

• partial products

A number sentence with at least one operation is called

• numerical expression

• number statement

A strategy we use to help make a problem easier by solving something we know that is close to the question.

• addition

• subtraction

• compensation