Sorry, I forgot to email the link to last night's post. Please see it below this one.
I just wanted to finally add the correct terms for the parts of a divisions equation. The kids got me again today when I was tripped up trying to remember which is which, the dividend or the divisor. I knew them, but was uncertain. Not good, they told me!! They are right! But, we all confuse some things and even teachers get confused.
Here are the terms:
Dividend ÷ divisor = quotient
Example:
20 ÷ 5 = 4
20 is the dividend: the number being divided up
5 is the divisor: the number that tells us how many groups to make or how many to put in each group
4 is the quotient: the answer, which will either be how many are in each group, or how many groups, depending on the problem (if it's a word problem we're solving)
Okay, kids, now remember all of that :-)
I just wanted to finally add the correct terms for the parts of a divisions equation. The kids got me again today when I was tripped up trying to remember which is which, the dividend or the divisor. I knew them, but was uncertain. Not good, they told me!! They are right! But, we all confuse some things and even teachers get confused.
Here are the terms:
Dividend ÷ divisor = quotient
Example:
20 ÷ 5 = 4
20 is the dividend: the number being divided up
5 is the divisor: the number that tells us how many groups to make or how many to put in each group
4 is the quotient: the answer, which will either be how many are in each group, or how many groups, depending on the problem (if it's a word problem we're solving)
Okay, kids, now remember all of that :-)
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