Compatible Numbers: numbers that are easy to compute with mentally.
Decimal: a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point.
Decimal Point: a symbol used to separate dollars from cents in money, and to separate the ones place from the tenths place in a decimal.
Dividend: the number that is to be divided in a division problem. Example: 36 / 6. The dividend is 36.
Divisor: the number that divides the dividend. Example: 15 / 3. the divisor is 3.
Equivalent Fractions: fractions that name the same amount or part. Example: 3/4 = 6/8
Estimate: a number close to an exact amount.
Exponent: a number that shows how many times the base is used as a factor.
Example 10^3= 10 X 10 X 10
Quotient: the number that results from dividing. 8 / 4 = 2. The quotient is 2.
Remainder: the amount left over when a number cannot be divided equally.
