C.2 - Vocabulary Review

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What is a factor?

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A number that is multiplied.

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What does an exponent tell you in a power?

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It tells how many times to use the base as a factor in repeated multiplication.

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What is a power of ten?

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A number that can be written as a product of tens.

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What is the base in a power?

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The number that is used as a repeated factor.

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What is multiplication?

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The process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times.

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What is repeated multiplication?

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Using the same number as a factor multiple times.

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What is the product?

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The result of multiplying two or more numbers together.

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What is a power?

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A way to express repeated multiplication of a number by itself.

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What does the term 'exponential growth' mean?

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An increase that occurs at a consistent percentage rate over a period of time.

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What is the difference between a base and an exponent?

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The base is the number being multiplied, while the exponent tells how many times to multiply the base.