Division. Dividend, divisor, quotient

Division: dividend, divisor, quotient

Division is the operation that undoes multiplication. If multiplication joins equal groups, division splits a total into equal parts. For example, sharing all items equally onto several plates — how many on each plate — can be written as a division sentence. In

\text{dividend} \div \text{divisor} = \text{quotient}

, the first number is the dividend (how many in all), the second is the divisor (how many equal groups or how many in each group, depending on the story), and the result is the quotient.

The dividend is what we divide (the total)

The divisor tells how we split (number of groups or size of each group)

The quotient is the result (what you get in each part or how many groups)

Division undoes multiplication: if

a\times b=c

, then

c\div a=b

and

c\div b=a

(when it makes sense)

Share the apples equally

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