Division (āĻšā§°āĻŖ) â Concepts and Examples
Definition / āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Division means splitting a large number into equal groups or equal parts. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻāĻļāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Types of Division / āĻšā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Exact Division (āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšā§°āĻŖ) : When the remainder is zero, it is called Exact Division. (āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ (Remainder) āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: 20 ÷ 5 = 4, Remainder = 0
2. Division with Remainder (āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§°āĻŖ) : When a small amount is left over after division, it is called Division with Remainder. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻ āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: 22 ÷ 4 = 5 R 2
Quotient (āĻāĻžāĻāĻĢāϞ) = 5, Remainder (āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ ) = 2
Terms Used in Division / āĻšā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
- Dividend = āĻšā§°āĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ
- Divisor = āĻšā§°
- Quotient = āĻāĻžāĻāĻĢāϞ
- Remainder = āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ
Example / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°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 (āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ āĻāĻ ā§¨ā§Ģ āϞāĻāĻāĨ¤)
2nd: Divide (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ)
- 25 ÷ 4 = 6
- 6 × 4 = 24
Remainder = 1 (āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ = ā§§)
3rd: Bring Down (āϤāϞāϞ⧠āύāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ)
Bring down the next digit 6. (āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻ āĻāĻ ā§Ŧ āϤāϞāϞ⧠āύāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤)
Now we have 16. (āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤)
4th: Final Divide (āĻļā§āώ āĻšā§°āĻŖ)
16 ÷ 4 = 4
4 × 4 = 16
Remainder = 0
āĻ ā§ąāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ = ā§Ļ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ = 64
Memory Tip / āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Division = Equal Sharing (āĻšā§°āĻŖ = āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž)
Example: 12 ÷ 3 = 4
12 objects shared equally among 3 groups gives 4 objects in each group.
⧧⧍āĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ ā§ŠāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāϤ ā§ĒāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
12 ÷ 3 = 4