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Multiplication Vocabulary
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Mathematics
5th Grade
12/02/2009

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rectangle
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has four sides (a quadrilateral), opposite sides are the same length, opposite sides are parallel, has four right angles
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square
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a special rectangle with all four sides the same (congruent)
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array
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a model of multiplication, a rectangle
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factors
Definition
numbers that fit (divide) evenly into another number (factors come first)
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factor rainbow
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a strategy for finding all the factors of any number
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factor pairs
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two numbers you multiply together to get a product
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product
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the answer in multiplication
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multiples
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the numbers you say when you count by some number (multiples make mountains)
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prime
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the mathematical name for a number with only 2 factors: one and the number itself
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composite
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the opposite of prime; numbers with more factors than one and the number itself

One is neither prime nor composite, it is "special"
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