Dividend divided by Divisor equals Quotient
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The numbers in a division problem are called dividend, divisor, and quotient.
dividend and divisor
The three terms of a division problem is dividend, divisor, and quotient.
The long division box is called a "division bracket" or a "division bar." It is used to separate the dividend from the divisor in the long division process. The division bracket helps to organize the numbers and steps involved in dividing one number by another.
It is called long division because you write down all the numbers for each step to solve the problem and for large numbers there is a lot of writing down. There is a technique called short division which is similar but is more mental, not requiring all the long division steps. But it is usually done only when you are dividing by a small number less than 10, so it is not that useful.