Important Concepts Examples: Order of Operations

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Important Concepts Examples

Order of Operations 1. Compute any expression within parentheses.


The universally agreed
2. Compute any exponent.
upon order for solving math
problems. The acronym 3. Do all multiplication and division in order from left to right.
PEMDAS is used to help 4. Do all addition and subtraction in order from left to right.
remember the order of the
steps. (4 + 6) # 2 = (10) # 2
= 20

Distributive Property 30 + 4
The Distributive Property
shows how a number can
be written as two equivalent
expressions. A number 9 9 × 30 9 ×4
can be expressed as both
a product and a sum.
Multiplication is distributed
over addition. It can be 9 # 34 = 9(30 + 4)
helpful for understanding = 9(30) + 9(4)
the structure of multidigit = 270 + 36
multiplication.
= 306

Prime Examples of primes are 11, 17, 53, and 101. The number 1 is not a prime number,
A number with exactly two since it has only one factor.
factors, 1 and the number
All of the factors of 11 are 1 and 11. All of the factors of 17 are 1 and 17.
itself.

Composite Some composite numbers are 6, 12, 20, and 1,001. Each of these numbers has
A whole number with factors more than two factors.
other than itself and 1 or a
All of the factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3, 6. All of the factors of 1,001 are 1, 7, 11, 13, 77,
whole number that is not
91, 143, and 1001.
prime.

Common Multiples The first few multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65,
A multiple that two or more and 70.
numbers share. The least
The first few multiples of 7 are 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, and 91.
common multiple (LCM) of
12 and 18 is 36. From these lists you can see that two common multiples of 5 and 7 are 35 and 70.
There are more common multiples that can be found.

Common Factors The number 7 is a common factor of 14 and 35 because 7 is a factor of


A factor that two or more 14 (14 = 7 * 2) and 7 is a factor of 35 (35 = 7 * 5).
numbers share. The greatest
common factor (GCF) of
12 and 18 is 6.

Prime Factorization 360 The prime factorization of 360 is


A product of prime numbers, 2*2*2*3*3*5.
resulting in the desired 15  24
number. Although you can switch the order of the
3  5  24 factors, every prime product string for 360 will
The prime factorization of a have three 2s, two 3s, and one 5.
number is unique except for 3  5  4  6
the order of the factors. This
is the Fundamental Theorem 3  5  2  2  2  3
of Arithmetic.
360  23  32  5

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