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Multiplication is defined as repeated addition.
3x5 = 5+5+5
How do we define 10/2?
3x5 = 5+5+5
How do we define 10/2?
Repeated subtraction?Originally posted by AndersHermansson
Multiplication is defined as repeated addition.
3x5 = 5+5+5
How do we define 10/2?
Originally posted by Dissident Dan
If A/B = C, then I would define C as the the number of times that you have to subtract B from a quantity that starts out at A until you get to 0. Hence, 10/5 = 2, because you have to subtract 5 twice from a quantity that starts out at 10 in order to get 0, and 0/0 is undefined, because you always have 0, no matter how many times you subtract, and 10/0 is undefined because there is no answer(There is no amount of times that you can subtract in order to arrive at zero--"no amount of times" is NOT the same as "zero times", because zero is an amount of times; you have an empty set, as opposed to a set with an element 0).
Division is a mathematical operation that involves separating a given quantity into equal parts or groups.
Division is the inverse operation of multiplication, meaning it is the opposite process. While multiplication combines equal groups, division separates a quantity into equal groups.
A division problem consists of a dividend (the number being divided), a divisor (the number by which the dividend is divided), and a quotient (the result of the division).
Yes, division can result in a fraction or decimal if the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor. For example, 1 divided by 3 would result in the fraction 1/3 or the decimal 0.33333...
Yes, some special rules for division include the commutative property, which states that the order of the numbers in a division problem can be changed without affecting the result, and the identity property, which states that the quotient of any number divided by 1 is equal to the original number.