division
part of speech
noun (division, divisions)
meaning for a pupil
1) Division is sharing or grouping into equal parts. 12 divided by 3 is 4. tree →
2) A division is a part or group that a bigger thing is split into, like a division of a company or a sports league. tree →
3) Division is also disagreement that splits people apart. tree →
sense in the lessons
the operation of sharing equally or finding how many groups; signs: ÷ or / or a fraction bar; in maths: «long division», the dividend, the divisor and the quotient; in sport: teams play in divisions; in science: cells grow by cell division
examples
- Use division to share 20 sweets among 4 children. tree →
- Check the division with multiplication. tree →
- Write a division for the story. tree →
- 15 ÷ 3 is a division. tree →
- In 20 ÷ 4 = 5, 5 is the quotient. tree →
- We learned long division this term. tree →
- Our team plays in the second division. tree →
- Cells make new cells by division. tree →
- Then, glaring at the Fox, he bade him make a fresh division. tree →
note
Names the operation. Equal sharing and «how many groups of» both mean division. Division undoes multiplication: 12 ÷ 3 = 4 because 3 × 4 = 12. Trap: you cannot divide by zero. Order matters: 12 ÷ 3 is not 3 ÷ 12.
In the corpora
- The softer /zhun/ sound is usually spelled -sion: television, division, decision.
- Division answers two questions.
- Check a division by multiplying back: 4 × 3 = 12.
- The rings have gaps, the biggest called the Cassini Division, cleared by the gravity of Saturn's moons.
- Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «division» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.