Unit 3 Vocab

a number that is repeatedly multiplied

• base

• exponent

• evaluate

• term

tells how many times the base is used as a factor

• term

• evaluate

• exponent

• base

to use repeated multiplication to find the value of a power

• coefficient

• evaluate

• sum

• power

a number that can be written using exponents

• power

• evaluate

• base

• exponent

a number that only has factors of one and that number

• base

• term

• prime number

• composite number

greatest number that is a factor of two or more numbers

• prime number

• composite number

• LCM

• GCF

number that has more than two factors

• prime number

• composite number

• power

• Algebraic Expression

least multiple, not including zero, common to both numbers

• term

• prime number

• GCF

• LCM

a math expression that contains numbers and at least one operation.  (Examples:  3 + 4, (5)(34), or 8 ÷ 2+0.5)

• numerical expression

• algebraic expression

• equivalent expression

• term

The rule that tells us the sequence in which you solve a mathematical expression (PEMDAS)

• numerical expression

• evaluate

• Order of Operations

• algebraic expression