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5th Grade EDM Unit 4
Division
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| decimal point | a mark used to separate the ones and tenths place in decimals (or dollars and cents in U.S. customary money system) |
| dividend | the number in division that is being divided |
| divisor | in division, the number that divides another number |
| quotient | the result of dividing one number by another number; the answer in a division problem |
| remainder | an amount left over when one number is divided by another number (r or R) |
| partial quotients | a division strategy in which a partial quotient is computed in each of several steps ; uses repeated subtraction by place value |
| variable | a letter or other symbol that represents a number |
| multiples | a product of "n" and a counting number |
| magnitude estimate | a rough estimate of whether a number is in the tens, hundreds, thousands, or other powers of 10 |