Questions and Answers
What are compatible numbers?
What is a decimal?
A number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point.
What is a decimal point?
A symbol used to separate the ones place from the tenths place in decimal numbers.
What is a dividend?
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What is a divisor?
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What does estimate mean?
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What is a hundredth?
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What is a quotient?
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What is a tenth?
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What are equivalent fractions?
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Study Notes
Mathematical Terms and Definitions
- Compatible Numbers: Numbers that simplify mental calculations, making it easier to perform arithmetic operations.
- Decimal: A numerical expression that includes a decimal point, indicating fractions of a whole.
- Decimal Point: A notation used to distinguish between whole numbers and their fractional parts in decimals.
- Dividend: The number in a division equation that is being divided by another number.
- Divisor: The number that divides the dividend in a division problem.
- Estimate: A rounded or approximate value of a number, providing a close approximation of the exact amount.
- Hundredth: Represents one part of a whole divided into one hundred equal sections; equivalent to 0.01.
- Quotient: The result obtained from dividing one number (the dividend) by another (the divisor), exclusive of any remainder.
- Tenth: A fraction representing one part of a whole divided into ten equal sections; equivalent to 0.1.
- Equivalent Fractions: Different fractional representations that hold the same value, despite appearing different visually.
- Exponent: A small numeral superscript indicating how many times a base number is multiplied by itself.
- Remainder: The leftover value in a division problem after the dividend has been divided by the divisor, if it does not divide evenly.
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