Understanding Division Terminology

What is a divisor?

• The number left over

• The number of equal groups we need

• The answer to our equation

• The overall number we are dividing into equal groups

What is the dividend?

• The answer to the equation

• The dividend is the number being divided.
• The number left over in our equation

• The number of equal groups we are splitting up into

What is a quotient?

• The difference between two numbers.
• The sum of two numbers.
• The result of division between two numbers or the answer to our equation.

• A type of mathematical function.

What is a remainder?

• The remainder is the total value after addition.
• The remainder is the leftover numbers after division is completed.

• The remainder is the quotient of a division equation.

• The remainder is the average of two numbers.

64/8

21/5

47/3

79/4

96/8

53/6