DIVISION

Factor

Factors are numbers you can multiply together to get another number: Example: 2 and 3 are factors of 6, because 2 × 3 = 6.

multi-digit

Having more than one digit (number).

COMPATIBLE NUMBERS

NUMBERS THAT ARE EASY TO WORK WITH. MULTIPLES & FACTORS THAT MAKE DIVIDING EASY. 350 *- 7=50 35 IS A MULTIPLE OF 7, AND 7 IS A FACTOR OF 35.

Inverse Operations

Operations that are opposite such as multiplication and division.

ESTIMATION

ROUNDING OR FINDING A CLOSE NUMBER THAT WILL BE EASIER TO WORK WITH. 34-* 8 = ___. TRY 32*-8=4. FINDING COMPATIBLE NUMBERS TO HELP.

Divide

Separate into equal groups.

DIVISOR

THE NUMBER BY WHICH THE DIVIDEND IS BEING DIVIDED. IT TELLS YOU THE NUMBER OF GROUPS YOU ARE DIVIDING THE DIVIDEND INTO.

REMAINDER

THE NUMBER LEFT OVER THAT IS TOO SMALL TO DIVIDE INTO EQUAL GROUPS WHEN YOU ARE DIVIDING.

Quotient

The answer to a division problem.

Product

The answer to a multiplication problem.

Divisor

The number that divides the dividend.

Dividend

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

EQUAL GROUPS

WHEN DIVIDING, EACH GROUP MUST HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF ITEMS.

QUOTIENT

YOUR ANSWER WHEN YOU DIVIDE. IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY ARE IN EACH GROUP.

array

an arrangement of objects in rows and columns

area

the number of unit squares needed to cover a flat surface

place value

the value of a digit in a number, based on the location of the digit

DIVIDEND

A NUMBER THAT IS BEING DIVIDED.

whole number

A natural number. A member of the set of positive integers and zero

Fact Family

A set of related multiplication and division number sentences.

Variable

A symbol or letter that stands for an unknown number: Example: 3 x C = 21, you are trying to determine what "C" equals.

DIVISION MATH SENTENCE

AN EQUATION THAT HAS A DIVIDEND, DIVISOR, AND QUOTIENT 35 -* 7 = 5

DIVISION

AN OPERATION THAT SPLITS A TOTAL NUMBER INTO EQUAL GROUPS. CAN ALSO BE REPEATED SUBTRACTION.