NLN PAX Math section review

addends – Answer two or more numbers you add together
sum – Answer the answer to an addition problem
minuend – Answer the number you subtract from in a subtraction problem
subtrahend – Answer the number being subtracted
difference – Answer the answer to a subtraction problem
factor – Answer a number that is multiplied by another number
product – Answer the answer to a multiplication problem
divisor – Answer the number you divide by
dividend – Answer the number that is being divided
quotient – Answer the answer to a division problem
rational numbers – Answer A number that can be written as a fraction (not whole numbers)
whole numbers – Answer any positive number that’s not a fraction or a decimal
prime numbers – Answer A whole number greater than 1 with only two factors, 1 and itself (2 is the only
even prime number)
composite numbers – Answer A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors

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