5.1 Dividing Whole Numbers (6th)

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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 'R' stand for in division with remainders?

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'R' stands for 'remainder', which is the amount left over after division when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.

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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 and adding the remainder (if any) to see if it equals the dividend.

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What is a common method for dividing larger numbers?

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A common method for dividing larger numbers is long division, which breaks the problem down into simpler steps.

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If 7,030 is divided by 14, what is the quotient and remainder?

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The quotient is 502 and the remainder is 2 (502 R2).

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How many times does 28 go into 1736?

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28 goes into 1736 a total of 62 times.

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If a ticket costs $14 and total sales are $2,212, how many tickets were sold?

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158 tickets were sold.