Chapter 2 Flashcards
Dividend
The number that is to divided in a division problem
Divisor
The number used to divide another number
Remainder
The amount left over when a cannot be divided equally
Value
How much something is worth the result of a calculation
Area model
Representing a division problem as a rectangle with the divisor as the width and the dividend as the total area of the rectangle and then determining the length which is the quotient
Partial quotients
A method of dividing in which the multiples of the divisor are used and the quotient are added together
Compatible numbers
Numbers that are easy to compute with mentally
Fraction
A number that names a part of a whole or a part of a group
Mixed number
A number that is made up of a whole number and a fraction
Whole number
One of the numbers 0 1 2 3 4 that goes on without end