Division (āĻšā§°āĻŖ) – Concepts and Examples


Definition / āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž: Division means splitting a large number into equal groups or equal parts. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤)


Types of Division / āĻšā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°


1. Exact Division (āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§°āĻŖ) : When the remainder is zero, it is called Exact Division. (āϝ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ (Remainder) āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: 20 ÷ 5 = 4, Remainder = 0


2. Division with Remainder (āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§°āĻŖ) : When a small amount is left over after division, it is called Division with Remainder. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: 22 ÷ 4 = 5 R 2


Quotient (āĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĻĢāϞ) = 5, Remainder (āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ ) = 2


Terms Used in Division / āĻšā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ



  • Dividend = āĻšā§°āĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ

  • Divisor = āĻšā§°

  • Quotient = āĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĻĢāϞ

  • Remainder = āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ


Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ


256 ÷ 4


1st: First Digit (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒ)


2 ÷ 4 is not possible. (⧍ ÷ ā§Ē āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­ā§ą āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


So, take the first two digits: 25 (āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ• ⧍ā§Ģ āϞāĻ“āρāĨ¤)


2nd: Divide (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•)



  • 25 ÷ 4 = 6

  • 6 × 4 = 24


Remainder = 1 (āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ = ā§§)


3rd: Bring Down (āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āύāĻŽāĻžāĻ“āĻ•)


Bring down the next digit 6. (āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ• ā§Ŧ āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āύāĻŽāĻžāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤)


Now we have 16. (āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤)


4th: Final Divide (āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšā§°āĻŖ)


16 ÷ 4 = 4


4 × 4 = 16


Remainder = 0


āĻ…ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ = ā§Ļ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ = 64


Memory Tip / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻ–āĻžā§° āϏāĻšāϜ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ


Division = Equal Sharing (āĻšā§°āĻŖ = āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻž)


Example: 12 ÷ 3 = 4


12 objects shared equally among 3 groups gives 4 objects in each group.


⧧⧍āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ—ā§‹āϟāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—ā§‹āϟāϤ ā§ĒāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


12 ÷ 3 = 4