ch. 3: Understand Multiplication

Vocabulary

Associative Property of Multiplication: the property that states that when the grouping of factors is changed, the product remains the same
Commutative Property of Multiplication: the property that states that you can multiply two factors in any order and get the same product
Counting Number: a whole number that can be used to count a set of objects (1, 2, 3, 4, …)
Distributive Property of Multiplication: the property that states that multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend by the number and then adding the products
Equal Groups: groups that have the same number of objects. For example, 5x6=30. There are 5 equal groups of 6 in 30
Factor: a number that is multiplied by another number to find a product
Identity Property of Multiplication: the property that states that the product of any number and 1 is that number
Multiple: the product of two counting numbers is called a multiple of each of those numbers
Multiply: when you combine equal groups, you can multiply to find how many in all; the opposite operation of division
Product: the answer in a multiplication problem
Zero Property of Multiplication: the property that states that the product of zero and any number is zero