RELATED FACTS

RELATED FACTS

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Multiplication & Division are called "Inverse Operations".

Inverse Operations

• Inverse Operations mean that you can use one Operation to check the other.

• Example: 4 x 2 =8.. If I know this fact then I know that 8  $\div$  2 = 4.

FACTORS

• Factors are the numbers in a multiplication problem BEFORE the equal sign.

• Example: 3 x 7 = 21

• 3 and 7 are factors.

PRODUCT

• Product is the answer to a multiplication problem.

• Example: 3 x 7 = 21

• 21 is the product.

Dividend, Divisor, Quotient

• Dividend and Divisor are the numbers BEFORE the equal sign in a division problem.

• Dividend is the number being divided.

• Divisor is the number you're dividing by. Quotient is the ANSWER to a division problem.

• Example: 85  $\div$  5 = 17

• 85 is the dividend.

• 5 is the divisor.

• 17 is the QUOTIENT.

Multiple Choice

What is the INVERSE operation of Multiplication?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Division