Division Vocabulary

What is division?

• An operation that puts two amounts together for one total.

• An operation that finds how many equal groups an amount can be split into.

• An operation that takes an amount away from another amount.

• An operation that repeatedly adds a group of a certain size.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

What is the dividend?

• The amount being divided, or split up.

• The amount of groups we want to split into.

• The amount in each equal group.

• The amount leftover if unable to divide equally.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

What is the divisor?

• The amount being divided, or split up.

• The amount of groups we want to split into.

• The amount in each equal group.

• The amount leftover if unable to divide equally.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

What is the quotient?

• The amount being divided, or split up.

• The amount of groups we want to split into.

• The amount in each equal group.

• The amount leftover if unable to divide equally.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

What is the remainder?

• The amount being divided, or split up.

• The amount of groups we want to split into.

• The amount in each equal group.

• The amount leftover if unable to divide equally.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

20 apples are being split into 4 baskets. What is the quotient?

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CCSS.2.OA.C.4

14 fish are being split between 2 bowls. What is the dividend?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

15 lollipops are being shared by Tim and his two friends. What is the divisor?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Fun Fact: Multiplication and Division are Inverse Operations! (That means they're the opposite of each other.)

If  $5\times\ 2\ =\ 10$  

then  $10\ \div\ 5\ =\ ?$  

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