Dividing Whole Numbers

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What is division?

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Division is the process of determining how many times one number is contained within another. It is one of the four basic operations in arithmetic.

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What is the dividend in a division problem?

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The dividend is the number that is being divided in a division problem.

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What is the divisor in a division problem?

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The divisor is the number by which the dividend is divided.

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What is the quotient in a division problem?

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The quotient is the result of the division of the dividend by the divisor.

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What does it mean to divide a number by 1?

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Dividing any number by 1 gives the same number as the result, because 1 is the identity element for division.

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What does it mean to divide a number by itself?

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Dividing any non-zero number by itself equals 1, because any number is contained in itself exactly once.

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How do you check your division answer?

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You can check your division answer by multiplying the quotient by the divisor. If the result equals the dividend, your answer is correct.

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What is the relationship between multiplication and division?

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Multiplication and division are inverse operations. If you multiply a number by a divisor, you can divide the product by the same divisor to get back to the original number.

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What is a remainder in division?

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A remainder is the amount left over after division when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.

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What is the rule for dividing by 0?

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You cannot divide any number by 0, as it is undefined in mathematics.