| a number that is to be added to another number to find a sum | addend |
| a change in the grouping of an addition or multiplication problem will not change the sum or product | associative property |
| a number used as a repeated factor in exponential form | base (exponent) |
| a change in the order of addends or factors in an addition or multiplication problem will not change the sum or product | commutative property |
| numbers that compute together easily | compatible |
| a mental math strategy in which you change one term to a multiple of 10 and adjust the other to keep the balance | compensation |
| having an exponent of 3 | cubed |
| the answer to a subtraction problem | difference |
| a single numeral representing a place value | digit |
| multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend in the sum by the number and then adding | distributive |
the number that is to be divided
4 ÷ n | dividend |
the number the divides another
n ÷ 4 | divisor |
| to find a number that is close to the exact answer | estimation |
| a number that shows how many times the base is to be used as a factor | exponent |
| a way of showing repeated multiplication | exponential form |
a mathematical phrase or part of a number sentence
does not have an equal sign | expression |
| a number multiplied by another number to find a product | factor |
| a number from which another number will be subtracted | minuend |
| the result of a multiplication problem | product |
a series of numbers objects
generally follows a pattern | sequence |
| having an exponent of 2 | squared |
| a number that is to be subtracted from another | subtrahend |
| the result of an addition problem | sum |