Vocabulary
What is the answer to a division problem?
Quotient
12 ➗ 2 =
6
25 ➗ 3 =
8 r 1
308 ➗ 2 =
154
What is a divisor?
A number by which another number is to be divided.
25 ➗ 5 =
5
30 ➗ 4 =
7 r 2
430 ➗ 5 =
86
What is the amount left over after making equal groups?
Remainder
30 ➗ 10 =
3
225 ➗ 2 =
111 r 3
735 ➗ 7 =
105
This method of dividing has multiples of the divisor subtracted from the dividend.
Partial quotient
36 ➗ 6 =
6
288 ➗ 7 =
41 r 1
357 ➗ 7 =
51
This method of division takes the divisor and breaks it apart into different areas, then divide, and finally add the areas together.
Area model
72 ➗ 8 =
9
192 ➗ 9 =
21 r 3
104 ➗ 8 =
13