Multiplication Vocabulary

Combining equal groups

• Factor

• Multiply

• Expression

• Product

When you multiply any number by zero, the product will always be zero.

• Multiply

• Associative Property of Multiplication

• Zero property of multiplication

• Factor

A math phrase that uses only numbers and math operations; it does not use an equal sign.

• Expression

• Commutative Property of Multiplication

• Factor

• Multiple

When one of the factors of a product is a sum, multiplying each addend before adding does not change the product.

• Expression

• Associative Property of Multiplication

• Identity Property of Multiplication

• Distributive Property of Multiplication

Changing the grouping of 3 or more factors does not change the product.

• Multiplication

• Multiple

• Factor

• Associative Property of Multiplication

A number sentence that uses the equal sign to show that the amounts on both sides are equal.

• Multiple

• Expression

• Equation

• Zero Property of Multiplication

Numbers you multiply together to get another number.

• Multiply

• Factor

• Commutative Property of Multiplication

• Equation

Changing the order of the factors in a multiplication sentence does not change the product.

• Zero Property of Multiplication

• Product

• Commutative Property of Multiplication

• Expression

The result of two or more numbers multiplied together

• Expression

• Equation

• Factor

• Product

The product of a whole number and any other whole number

• Multiply

• Expression

• Equation

• Multiple