Chapter 1 Key Terms - Laney Craine

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Chapter 1 of Practical Business Math Procedures covers whole numbers and working with those numbers. It defines names for whole numbers within certain computations and touches on the decimal system as well.
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Addends Numbers that are combined in the addition process Example: 8+9=17, in which 8 and 9 are the addends.
Decimal Point Center of the decimal system-located between units and tenths. Numbers to the 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 Example: Minuend less subtrahend equals difference. 200 in 215-15=200
Dividend Number in the division process that is being divided by another Example: 15/5, in which 15 is the dividend
Divisor Number in the division process that is dividing into another Example: 15/5, in which 5 is the divisor
Minuend In a subtraction problem, the larger number from which another is subtracted. Example: 50-40=10, 50 is the Minuend
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 the actual answer. When rounding all the way, only one nonzero digit is left. Rounding all the way gives the least degree of accuracy. Example: 1252 to 1000; 2995 to 3000
Subtrahend In a subtraction problem, smaller number that is being subtracted from another. Example: 30 in 150-30=120
Sum Total in the adding process
Whole Number Number that is 0 or larger and doesn't contain a decimal or fraction, such as 10, 55,or 92.
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