Division vocabulary
What is a divisor?
The number that you are dividing by.
A number of groups that you are dividing the dividend into.
There are 3 students in the class and 27 apples. If the apples are divided equally among the students, how many does each student get?
27 divided by 3=9
Kelly has 18 eggs stored in boxes. if there are 3 boxes, how many eggs must go in each box?
6
3 )-----------
18
66 ÷ 2=
33
What is a quotient?
The answer to a division problem.
The number of equal parts that each group has.
Stephen is inviting 3 friends to a party. He has 6 cookies. How many cookies will each friend get?
6 ÷ 3= 2
The school is planning a field trip. There are 36 students and 6 seats on each school bus. How many buses are needed to take the trip?
6
6 )-----------
36
125 ÷ 5=
25
What is a dividend?
The number that you are dividing.
The total amount that you are dividing.
There are 9 students in the class and 63 peanuts. If the peanuts are divided equally among the students, how many does each student get?
63÷9=7
Olivia took along 4 friends to a local farm to pick apples. they picked 40 apples in all. How many apples will each one get, if they decide to share them equally?
10
4 )-----------
40
129 ÷ 3=
43