When you are repeatedly subtracting or taking away. Or when you are breaking something up into groups.
Division
Benjamin wants to split a collection of crayons into groups of 14. Benjamin has 518 crayons. How many groups will be created?
37 groups
147 ÷ 7
21
What are the steps to division?
Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, Repeat or Remainder
Solve and Write the following division equation another way.
21 hundred divided by 7 hundred equals _______
21 / 7 = 3
or
2100 / 700 = 3
534 ÷ 41
13 r 1
The number on the outside of the division equation. The number you are dividing by.
Divisor
Andrew cuts 280 slices of watermelon and divided them evenly among 15 platters. How many watermelon slices are on each platter?
18 10/15 watermelon slices
7992 ÷ 18
444
The number on the inside of the division equation. The number being divided.
Dividend
Cohen owns 138 marbles. He divides those marbles and shares them evenly with 6 friends. How many marbles does each friend get?
23 marbles
64000 ÷ 80
800
Answer to a division problem
Quotient
There are 97 students in the class and 8145 books. If the books are divided equally among the students, how many does each student get?
83 books
63711 ÷ 28
2275 r 11