Chapter 1 Vocabulary

A special set of rules which gives the order in which calculations are done in an expression

A mathematical phrase that uses only numbers and operation signs

A number that shows how many times the base is used as a factor

A number used as a repeated factor Example: 83 = 8 × 8 × 8

Opposite operations, or operations that undo each other, such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division

Multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend in the sum by the number

To find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression

Each group of three digits separated by commas in a multi-digit number