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Vocabulary Entry
quotient
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A result obtained by dividing one number by another.
Example Sentences
"The quotient of 10 and 2 is 5."
"In math class, we learned how to find the quotient of two numbers."
"She was surprised by the quotient when she divided 15 by 3."
"The teacher asked the students to write down the quotient for their homework."
V
verb
To divide into parts or groups; to find the quotient of.
Example Sentences
"You can quotient the total amount by the number of participants."
"In this exercise, we need to quotient the given figures."
"He was taught how to quotient the two values accurately."
"The formula allows us to quotient the large data sets easily."