In division, a divisor is the number that is dividing the dividend. An easy way to remember this is that that divisor sounds like divider. The divisor is, if you will, the numbe rof pieces that you are breaking the other number into.
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the divisor is the number you divide with the dividend
Multiply the reciprocal of the divisor by the dividend.
the parts of division problem are : dividend , divisor , quotient and remainder . where : dividend = quotient * divisor + remainder
In any division sum, for example, 12 / 4 = 3, the divisor is the second number - the one that the number is divided by.
A division is a dividend divided by the divisor to give the quotient; this is written as:quotient = dividend ÷ divisorA division can also be expressed as the divisor divided into a dividend to give the quotient; this is written as:................. quotient.............. ------------divisor | dividendThe quotient can be just the whole part of the result of the division, in which case there may also be a remainder.