Dividing Vocabulary Flashcards

Study Notes

Divide: The process of separating a quantity into equal groups. Example: Distributing apples into different boxes.
Divisor: The number by which another number (the dividend) is divided. Example: In the equation 125 ÷ 7, the divisor is 7.
Dividend: The number that is being divided in a division operation. This represents the larger quantity that needs to be split. Example: The number you want to split into parts.
Multiply: The mathematical operation that represents repeated addition. It involves adding a number multiple times. Example: 3 multiplied by 4 results in 12.
Product: The result obtained from multiplying two or more numbers together. Example: The product of 7 and 7 is 49.
Quotient: The result of a division operation. It tells how many times one number can be contained within another. Example: In the division of 120 by 7, the quotient is 17.
Remainder: The leftover amount that remains after a division operation when the numbers do not divide evenly. Example: When dividing 23 fruit snacks into groups of 4, the remainder is 3, since one group would contain only 3 snacks.