Dividend and Divisor: Which is which and why?

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Colton Wallace

26 Haziran 2017 22:41

I thought the general rule was that the bigger number gets divided by the smaller number, but in the exercise questions this is constantly changing and I don't know why. Sometimes the larger number gets divided by the smaller number but other times it's the smaller number that gets divided by the bigger number.

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An0n3m0us

26 Haziran 2017 23:05

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Hey Colton! I hope this answers your question!:

dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 12 is the dividend and 3 is the divisor and 4 is the quotient

Divisor can also mean: a number that divides an integer evenly (no remainder).

If you divide by small dividend and a big divisor, you get into decimals:

2 ÷ 4 = 0.5

Try this page:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/dividing-decimals.html

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