Vocabulary
The number that is to be divided in a division problem
Dividend
12 x 12 =
144
45 * 9 =
5
Rules that determine the sequence in which operations should be when evaluating an expression: 1) anything within parentheses first, 2) multiplication and division (left to right) next, 3) addition and subtraction (from left to right) last.
Order of operations
To break up or split into equal groups: to determine how many groups of one number make up another number.
Divide
15 x 4 =
60
36 * 6 =
6
The result of multiplying two or more numbers
Product
The number that divides the dividend
divisor
30 x 30 =
600
49 * 7 =
7
The result of dividing by a divisor; the answer in a division
Quotient
A mathematical statement asserting that two quantities have the same value.
Equation
11 x 11 =
64 * 8 =
8
A set of related addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division, number sentences
Related facts
Opposite operations, or operations that undo one another, such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division.
Inverse operations
24 x 5
120
48 * 8 =
6