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What's a Dividend and What's a Divisor?

Definition: Dividend and Divisor

Summary

  1. Dividend and divisor are key terms to know when you're performing division

Notes

    1. Our dividend in this example is 435
    2. Our divisor in this example is 25
    3. When writing out with a ÷ symbol, the dividend comes before the divisor
    4. When doing long division, the dividend goes under the division symbol and the divisor goes to the left
    5. When writing as a fraction, the dividend goes in the numerator and the divisor goes in the denominator
    1. Divisor comes later in the dictionary than dividend, and that's the order you divide in as well!