Math Steps Unit 4
Terms
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- remainder
- the number left over ater the quotient (answer in division) is found
- parentheses
- grouping symbols that tell you what to do first
- composite number
- a number that is greater than 1 and has more than 2 different factors
- expression
- a combination of numbers and symbols
- prime number
- a number greater than one that has exactly 2 different factors: itself and 1
- inverse operations
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opposite operations
example multiplication and division are inverse operations
addition and subtraction are inverse operations - dividend
- in a division problem, the number that is divided
- order of operations
- a set of rules that tell you which operation to do first
- divisor
- the number that divides the dividend
- quotient
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the answer in division,
the number of groups in each number