What is the Division Formula?
Division is one of the top four important arithmetic operations (i.e., Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division). Division operation is used to split the number into equal parts. The symbolic representation for division is ‘÷‘ and ‘/‘. a divides by b can be represented as a÷b or a/b. The formula of division is given by-
Dividend/Divisor = Quotient
Where,
Dividend is the number that to be divided.
Divisor is the number to be divided with.
Quotient is the result of division operation.
Also, there is a verification process to be used to check whether the result of the division is true or not. The formula for this verification of division is given by-
Dividend = (Divisor × Quotient) + Remainder
Even any of the missing terms can be calculated from the other three terms.
Sample Questions
Question 1: Perform Division between numbers 6 and 3.
Solution:
Given,
Dividend = 6
Divisor = 3
Dividend/divisor = 6/3
= 2.
So, 6÷3 = 3
Question 2: What is the result of 25 ÷ 5?
Solution:
Given
Dividend = 25
Divisor = 5
Quotient = Dividend/Divisor
= 25/5
= 5
So, Quotient = 5
Question 3: A boy had birthday and he had a packet of chocolate containing 100 chocolates which need to be distributed to 50 students in a class. How many chocolates each student gets in the class.
Solution:
Given
Total Chocolates (Dividend) = 100
Total Children (Divisor) = 50
Number of chocolates each got = Dividend/Divisor
= 100/50
= 2
Number of chocolates each student got is 2.
Question 4: What is the Dividend if the divisor, quotient and remainder are 10,2,4 respectively.
Solution:
Given
Divisor = 10
Quotient = 2
Remainder = 4
From formula-> Dividend = (Divisor×Quotient)+Remainder
Dividend can be calculated by substituting other 3 term values.
Dividend = (10 × 2) + 4
= 20 + 4
= 24
Hence, Dividend = 24
Question 5: Find the Divisor if the dividend=25, quotient=7 and remainder=4.
Solution:
Given,
Dividend = 25
Quotient = 7
Remainder = 4
Dividend = (Divisor×Quotient)+Remainder
Dividend-Remainder = Divisor×Quotient
Divisor = (Dividend-Remainder)/Quotient
= (25-4)/7
= 21/7
= 3
Hence, Divisor = 3
Last Updated :
29 Feb, 2024
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