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Barrons Arithmetic Ch 5 Set 1
Division
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04/08/2011

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Term
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Definition
Name the four operations associated with whole numbers.
Term
division
Definition
What is the inverse of multiplication?
Term
division
Definition
operation of repeated subtractions
Term
divide
Definition
to separate into groups or shares
Term
dividend
Definition
a number to be divided
Term
divisor
Definition
the number by which the dividend is to be divided
Term
quotient
Definition
the number resulting from the division of one number by another
Term
You can't divide by zero
Definition
In addition, subtraction, and multiplication--there are a total of 100 possible combinations in each operation.  In division, there are only 90.  Why?
Term
c
Definition

5 ÷ 0 =

a) 5

b) 0

c) undefined

Term
a
Definition

5 ÷ 1 =

a) 5

b) 1

c) undefined

Term
b
Definition

0 ÷ 5 =

a) 5

b) 0

c) undefined

Term
True
Definition
T or F:  You can represent division on a number line
Term
b
Definition
With 48 ÷ 2, you would start dividing in the (a. ones place  b. tens place)
Term
b
Definition
With 455 ÷ 5, you would start dividing in the (a. hundreds  b. tens  c. ones) place
Term
remainder
Definition
what is left over when a division problem doesn't divide evenly
Term
each
Definition
What term often indicates division in word problems?
Term
True
Definition
T or F: A remainder must always be less than the divisor
Term
remainder
Definition
the dividend minus the product of the divisor and quotient
Term
partial quotient
Definition
an incomplete quantity resulting from dividing part of the quotient by the divisor
Term
False
Definition
T or F:  All problems divide evenly
Term
mean, median, and mode
Definition
What are the three measures of central tendency?
Term
central tendency
Definition
a value is near the middle or center of all other numbers when they are arranged in order of size
Term
mean
Definition
measure of central tendency found by adding the given values and the dividing the sum by the number of addends
Term
median
Definition
measure of central tendency found when you arrange given values in ascending or descending order and find which value is in the center of all the numbers
Term
mode
Definition
measure of central tendency where you find the value among all the numbers that occurs the most frequently
Term

False

 

There will not always be a mode

Definition
T or F:  There will always be a mean, median, and mode
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