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When it divides evenly into that number with no remainder.

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A number divided by another number is called what?

The the answer to a division problem is called the quotient. The number that is doing the dividing is called the divisor. The number that gets divided up is called the dividend.Example: If 3 boys ask to mow your yard for $24, then each boy would get $8.24 divided by 3 is 8. (24 / 3 = 8 )24 is the dividend (the number getting divided up)3 is the divisor (the number that is doing the dividing)8 is the quotient.


What is a quotient divisor and a dividend?

Dividend if the number that you divide, divisor is the number that you divide dividend into, and quotient is the number that you get from dividing dividend into divisor. For example, in 12/3=4, 12 is the dividend, 3 is the divisor, and 4 is the quotient.


What can you say about the dividend and divisor A three digit number is divided by a one digit number the quotient is a two digit number?

A dividend is is a number to be divided and a divisor is a number to be divided into a dividend. Here the dividend is a three digit number and is divided by a one digit divisor. The quotient or result is a two digit number as stated. So in math terms, we can state that the dividend is a three digit number and that the divisor is a one digit number.


A number that divides evenly into another number is a?

. . . factor or divisor.


How do you convert a remainder of a division to a fraction?

Put the remainder on top of the divisor and that is the fraction. Remember that a number which divides the other number is known as the divisor. So if we have 4 divided by 2, then 2 is the divisor and 4 is the dividend.