What Is a Square Root and a Radicand?A square root is a number that when multiplied by itself, results in its original number. For example, the square root of 16 is 4 because 4 • 4 = 16. A radicand is ...
What Is LCM?LCM is an acronym for "Least Common Multiple." LCM is the smallest number that is a multiple of two or more numbers. List the multiples of each number. In our example, the multiples of 5, ...
What Is GCF?GCF is an acronym for "Greatest Common Factor." GCF is the largest number that can divides evenly into 2 or more numbers. The first step to finding the GCF is to use what you know about pr ...
What Is Prime Factorization?Prime factorization is finding prime numbers that, when multiplied, equal the original number. MethodThe best and easiest way to do prime factorization is to use a factor t ...
Here, you will learn all you need to know about prime and composite numbers. What Is a Prime Number?A prime number is a number that is great than 1and can only be divided by one and itself. Examples o ...