Division Vocabulary

related facts

• a set of basic facts using the same three numbers

• an arrangement of objects into columns and rows

• a way to divide by sharing one object at a time until all objects are gone

• subtracting the same number over and over until you reach 0

array

• a way to subtract the same number over and over until you get to 0

• operations that are related to each other

• an arrangement of objects into equal rows and equal columns

• a set of basic facts using the same three numbers

partition

• operations that are related and undo each other

• a way to divide by sharing one object at a time until all are gone

• subtracting the same number over and over again

• an arrangement of objects into equal columns and rows

repeated subtraction

• 4x3=12, 3x4=12, 12/3=4, 12/4=3

• the total number that is divided

• the number of groups in a division sentence

• subtracting the same number until you get to 0

inverse operations

• operations that are related and undo each other

• multiplication

• addition

• subtraction

divide

• the answer to a division equation

• separate a number into equal groups, to find the number of groups, or find the number in each group

• a set of basic facts using the same three numbers

• subtracting the same number over and over again until you reach 0

4x3=12, 3x4=12, 12/3=4, 12/4=3 are facts in the 3,4,12

• fact family

• operation

• array

• equal groups

quotient

• the answer to an addition sentence

• the answer to a subtraction sentence

• the answer to a multiplication sentence

• the answer to a division sentence

dividend

• a number that is being divided

• a number that is being added

• a number that is being subtracted

• a number that is being multiplied

divisor

• the number the minuend is being subtracted by

• the number the dividend is being divided by

• the number the factor is being multiplied by

• the number the addend is being added by