Quotient
The answer to a division problem
500 50
10
310 33
300 30 =
100
36,000 60 = 600
60 x 600 = 36,000
Ms. Babino bought 2,500 bananas for 25 students. If Ms. Babino wanted to split the bananas equally among each students, how many bananas would each student get?
100 bananas
Dividend
The total number that will be divided.
720 9
80
130 42
120 40 =
3
18,000 90 = 200
200 x 90 = 18,000
Maisha had an apple tree in her backyard that grew 600 apples. If she wanted to split those apples equally among 60 friends, how many apples would each friend get?
10 apples
Divisor
The number that divides the dividend.
210 30
7
190 62
180 60 =
3
3,200 40 = 80
80 x 40 = 3,200
Ms. Lloyd is cooking 4,800 pounds of turkey for 80 people. If Ms. Lloyd gives an equal amount of turkey to each person, how many pounds of turkey will each person get?
60 pounds of turkey
Inverse Operation
Opposite operations such as multiplication and division.
810 90
9
250 61
240 60 =
4
6,300 90 = 70
70 x 90 = 6,300
Michael is throwing a birthday party and gives 400 smencils to 50 guests. If Michael gives each guest the same amound of smencils, how many smencils will each guest receive?
80 smencils
Divide
To separate into equal groups
480 80
6
378 71
350 70 =
5
64,000 80 = 800
800 x 80 = 64,000
If Mr. Daza distributes 5,400 markers equally to 90 classes, how many markers will each class receive?
60 markers