Key Terms Chapter 1: Whole Numbers

Question	Answer
Addends	Numbers that are combined in the addition process.
Decimal Point	Center of the decimal system—located between units and tenths. Numbers to left are whole numbers; to the right are decimal numbers.
Decimal System	The U.S. base 10 numbering system that uses the 10 single-digit numbers shown on a calculator.
Difference	The resulting answer from a subtraction problem.
Dividend	Number in the division process that is being divided by another.
Divisor	Number in the division process that is dividing into another.
Minuend	In a subtraction problem, the larger number from which another is subtracted.
Multiplicand	The first or top number being multiplied in a multiplication problem.
Multiplier	The second or bottom number doing the multiplication in a problem.
Partial products	Numbers between multiplier and product.
Partial quotient	Occurs when divisor doesn’t divide evenly into the dividend.
Product	Answer to a multiplication process.
Quotient	The answer to a division problem.
Remainder	Leftover amount in division.
Rounding all the way	Process to estimate actual answer. When rounding all the way, only one nonzero digit is left. Rounding all the way gives the least degree of accuracy.
Subtrahend	In a subtraction problem, smaller number that is being subtracted from another.
Sum	Total in the adding process.
Whole number	Number that is 0 or larger and doesn’t contain a decimal or fraction.

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