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What is the number doing the dividing in a division problem?
The dividend is divided by the divisor to get the quotient.
What are the numbers in a division problem called?
The first number is called the dividend. The second number is called the divisor. The answer is called the quotient.
What is the outside number in a division problem called?
It is called a divisor. The inside number is called the dividend and the answer is the quotient. The leftover number is called the quotient but you can keep dividing until you get a decimal.
The number doing the dividing in a problem?
The Divisor
What is the definition of dividing fractions and mixed numbers?
The definition is the same as the definition of just about any division. Dividing by a number can be defined as multiplying by the reciprocal of the number. The reciprocal is the number which, when multiplied by a number, results in a product of 1. For example, dividing by 2 is defined as multiplying by 1/2 (since 2 x 1/2 = 1). Division can also be defined as finding a solution of an inverse multiplication problem. For example, 5 / 2 = x is equivalent to x times 2 = 5; thus, the division can be defined as finding a number that solves the multiplication. Although I didn't use mixed fractions in the above examples, the definitions are exactly the same for mixed numbers.
