Division and Remainders

Division and Remainders Sometimes when dividing there is something left over. It is called the remainder. Example 1:  There are 9 candies to share with two children.  9 cannot be divided exactly into 2 groups, each child gets 4 candies, and there is 1 left over. “9 divided by 2 equals 4 with a remainder of 1“ As […]

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Quotient

Quotient The number we obtain when we divide one number by another is the quotient.  For example, in 10 ÷ 5 = 2. The result of the division is 2, so it is the quotient. 10 is the dividend and 5 is the divisor.  Note that the quotient and the divisor are always smaller than […]

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Divisible

Divisible Divisible: When one number can be divided exactly by another, like 10 is divisible by2 because 10 ÷ 2 = 5 with no remainder. […]

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Distributive law

Distributive law Distributive law relating the operations of multiplication over addition or subtraction stated symbolically as a(b + c) = ab + ac or a(b – c) = ab – ac that is, the number a is distributed, or separately applied, to each term of the numbers b + c or b – c resulting […]

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Division

Division Division is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic. What is being divided is called the dividend, which is divided by the divisor, and the result is called the quotient.   a  :   b  =     c   dividend    divisor   quotient Exampe: 10 : 2 = 510 is dividend 2 is divisor 5 is quotient Control 5 ⋅ […]

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