Division Vocabulary

Numbers that are easy to compute mentally

• Distributive Property

• Addition

• Compatible Numbers

• Divisors

The number that is to be divided in a division problem

• Dividend

• Divisor

• Quotient

• Remainder

The number that divides the dividend

• Remainder

• Quotient

• Partial Product

• Divisor

A strategy for dividing numbers where you subtract multiples from the dividend and add the quotients together

• Distributive Property

• Partial Quotient

• Interpret the Remainder

• Long division

The number, not including the remainder, that is the result of dividing a number.

• Remainder

• Division

• Dividend

• Quotient

The amount left over that can not be divided equally

• Remainder

• Partial Quotient

• Distributive Property

• Dividend

The result of multiplying a number by a counting number

• Quotient

• Partial Product

• Multiple

• Divisor

A strategy for dividing where you break apart the dividend to make it easier to divide and add your quotients.

• Partial Quotient

• Distributive Property

• Multiplication

• Skip Counting