Division

What is Division?

The division is a method of distributing a group of things into equal parts. It is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, which gives a fair result of sharing.

The division is an operation inverse of multiplication. If 3 groups of 4 make 12 in multiplication; 12 divided into 3 equal groups give 4 in each group in division.

The main goal of the division is to see how many equal groups or how many in each group when sharing fairly.

(In Short:-Division is breaking a number up into an equal number of parts. )

Example:

20 divided by 4 = ?

If you take 20 things and put them into four equal sized groups, there will be 5 things in each group. The answer is 5.

20 divided by 4 = 5.

Signs (Symbols) for Division

There are a number of signs that people may use to indicate division. The most common one is ÷, but the backslash / is also used. Sometimes people will write one number on top of another with a line between them. This is also called a fraction.

For example:

8 ÷ 2
8/2

Special names for each character in Division

Each part involved in a division equation has a special name.

Dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

Dividend: The dividend is the number that is being divided in the division process.

Divisor:The number by which dividend is being divided by is called divisor.

Quotient: A quotient is a result obtained in the division process.

Introduction to the remainder

The remainder is the portion of the dividend that is left over after division. For example, on dividing 83 by 2, there is a leftover of 1.

It means, 83 ÷ 2 = 41 and r =1,

Here, ‘r’ is remainder.

Special facts about division

When dividing something by 1, the answer will always be the original number. It means if the divisor is 1, the quotient will always be equal to the dividend such as 10 ÷ 1= 10.
Division by 0 is undefined.
The division of the same dividend and divisor is always 1.

For example:

4 ÷ 4 = 1.

20 ÷ 1 = 20

14.7 ÷ 1 = 14.7

Example: 753÷ 6

Dividend =753; Divisor = 6; Quotient=125; Remainder =3

Facts about the division

The oblique bar used as a sign in division process was introduced by De Morgan in 1845.

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