How can you use repeated addition to divide?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

You can repeatedly add until the target number is reached and the number of additions (plus one) will equal the result of the division.

An example:

6/2 = 3

This is the same as saying that there are 3 lots of 2 in 6. We can write this as 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.

Wiki User

∙ 12y ago

What else can I help you with?

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Division. Multiplication is repeated addition.

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Multiply the whole number times the numerator. Divide the product by the denominator.

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Repeated addition is addition done over and over. Example: 2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2=20

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its when addition is repeated again and again EX: 5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5=40

Synonym of repeated addition?

This is not very helpful but I believe a synonym of repeated addition is multiplication.

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the inverse of addition is subtraction and the inverse of multiplication is division. Of course, multiplication is just repeated addition so division is just repeated subtraction!