Maths glossary · Australia
Quotient
The answer when you divide.
The number being divided is the dividend, the number you divide by is the divisor, and the result is the quotient. Anything left over is the remainder.
Example: In 20 ÷ 4 = 5, the quotient is 5.
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Related words
- Product: The answer when you multiply numbers.
- Factor: A whole number that divides another whole number exactly, with nothing left over.
- Prime number: A whole number greater than 1 with exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
- Multiple: The result of multiplying a number by a whole number.
- Array: Objects arranged in equal rows and columns.
- Even number: A whole number that can be split into two equal groups with none left over.
- Odd number: A whole number that leaves 1 left over when split into two equal groups.
- Ratio: A comparison of two amounts, written with a colon, the word to, or as a fraction.
- Unit rate: A rate that compares an amount to exactly 1 of something.