division 3rd grade

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What is division?

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Division is the process of splitting a number into equal parts. It answers the question: how many times does one number fit into another?

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What is the symbol for division?

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The symbol for division is ÷.

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What does the term 'dividend' mean?

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The dividend is the number that is being divided.

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What does the term 'divisor' mean?

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

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What does the term 'quotient' mean?

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The quotient is the result of a division problem.

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How do you divide 20 raspberries among 5 people?

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You divide 20 by 5, which equals 4. Each person gets 4 raspberries.

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to multiply a number by a sum.

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Solve: 42 ÷ 7 = ?

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The answer is 6.

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If 7 x n = 42, what is n?

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n = 6.

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What is a fact family in division?

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A fact family is a group of related addition and subtraction or multiplication and division facts using the same numbers.