What Is Division Soon you will decide your favorite way to divide No matter which method you choose just be aware you are splitting a number into equal groups fair and square Dividing 12 by 3 is really just splitting 12 into 3 equal groups Signs for Division Division problems can be written in many ways No matter what division sign you see their meanings simply agree Check It Out What a surprise Fractions are division problems in disguise 12 3 12 3 3 12 12 3 4
Each number of a division problem has a special name some of which sound very strange 12 3 4 Dividend Divisor Quotient When a number cannot be divided evenly the amount left over is the remainder It is a rule and is always true that remainders must be smaller than the divisor 19 5 3 Dividend Divisor Quotient Remainder R4 5
Relate Division to Multiplication Multiplication and division are inverse operations Inverse operations work together to create fact families 12 3 With the help of fact families you can solve any division problem by thinking of its matching multiplication fact 12 3 4 3 4 12 4 3 12 12 3 4 12 4 3 6
Use basic facts to find each quotient and matching multiplication fact 32 4 100 10 42 7 63 9 63 9 7 because 7 9 63 42 7 6 because 6 7 42 100 10 10 because 10 10 100 32 4 8 because 8 4 32 Answers 7
