Dividend Divisor Quotient Word Problem

The number 7 represents the ________ in this equation.

The number that divides the dividend. The second number listed in a division problem. The number that tells you how many groups.

• Remainder

• Divisor

• Quotient

The number that is to be divided in a division problem. The first number listed in the division problem.

• Remainder

• Dividend

• Divisor

The number that results from dividing.

• Sum

• Product

• Quotient

A method of dividing in which multiples of the divisor are subtracted from the dividend and then the quotients are added together.

• Divisor

• Partial Quotient

• Inverse operations

Which of the following is the correct equation for a division problem?

• divisor ÷ dividend = quotient

• dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

Which of the following terms represents the answer to a division problem?

• dividend

• divisor

• quotient

True or False: In a division problem, as the divisor gets smaller, the quotient gets larger.

• True

• False

Which word completes this statement? In a division equation, if the dividend is much larger than the divisor, the quotient will be _________.

• larger

• smaller

• the same

If the dividend and divisor are close to the same number, then the quotient will be...

• closer to 0

• closer to 1

• much larger than 1