As the term refers to portioning of a number, it is a form of progressive or repeated subtraction. “Division” in general terms is the derivative of word “divide”. When we divide something equally into small groups, the complete group is called the dividend, number of items in each group is called quotient and the number of groups is called the divisor in a division sentence. Q3: How do you write a division sentence?Īns: We write a division sentence using the equation: dividend ÷ divisor = quotient. For example dividing 12 items among 4 persons equally is a share of 3 with each person which can be mathematically expressed as 12 ÷ 4 = 3. Distributing something fairly into equal groups is called division. If 3 x 6 = 18 then 18 ÷ 3 = 6 or 18 ÷ 6 = 3.Īns: The first introduction to division will be sharing groups of objects into equal groups.
Multiplication is used to find out total number of objects within equal groups while division is used to identify number of objects in each equal group or number of equal groups. Q1: What is the relation between multiplication and division?Īns: Multiplication and division are arithmetic operations which are inverse to each other.