The Number System Vocabulary

The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common is called

• Dividend

• Least Common Multiple

• Greatest Common Factor

What is the answer to an addition problem called?

• sum

• difference

• quotient

What is the bottom number of a fraction called?

• numerator

• denominator

• reciprocal

When two or more numbers are multiplied, each number is a ______ of the product.

• multiple

• factor

• difference

What is the answer to a subtraction problem called?

• difference

• product

• sum

The product of a given whole number and an integer is called what?

• multiple

• dividend

• factor

What is the number that is to be subtracted from called?

• Minuend

• Subtrahend

• algorithm

The smallest multiple, other than zero, that two or more numbers have in common is called what?

• algorithm

• greatest common factor

• least common multiple

What is the top number of a fraction called?

• divisor

• denominator

• numerator

A number by which another number is to be divided is called what?

• multiple

• divisor

• dividend