Division Facts and Vocabulary

dividend

• Subtraction of the SAME number over and over again.

• A number that is being divided. Normally it is the biggest number in a division sentence.

• An operation that separates into equal groups, to find the number of groups, or the number in each group.

• The number by which the dividend is being divided.

divisor

• A number that is being divided. Normally it is the biggest number in a division sentence.

• A group of related facts using the same numbers.

• To divide or "break up."

• The number by which the dividend is being divided.

quotient

• The answer to a division problem.

• To divide or "break up."

• approximately

• A number that is being divided. Normally it is the biggest number in a division sentence.

partition

• Operations that undo each other, like multiplication and division.

• To divide or "break up."

• A number that is not exact; a careful guess.

• The number by which the dividend is being divided.

• 6 divided by 6 equals 36

• 36 divided by 6 equals 6

• six times six equals thirty six

• thirty six minus 6 equals 6

Drag and drop the correct response in the correct blank. ​ (a)   is the operation you use to break a large group up into smaller, ​ (b)   groups.

• Division

• equal

• Subtraction

• multiplication

• unequal

• addition

• Dividend

• Divisor

• Quotient