Unit 4: Meaning of Division Practice

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

• divisor ÷ dividend = quotient

• dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

True or False: The divisor tells you how many parts the dividend will be divided into.

• True

• False

True or False: The dividend is the answer to a division problem.

• True

• False

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 larger, the quotient gets larger.

• True

• False

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

If the divisor is much larger than the dividend, then the quotient will be...

• closer to 0

• closer to 1

• much larger than 1

In this activity, we were taking different objects and creating a stack that is 5 feet tall. The number of objects in the stack represented which of the following terms?

• dividend

• divisor

• quotient