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Which number is called the dividend in a division problem?
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A page from a first-grade workbook typical of “new math” might state: “Draw connecting lines from triangles in the first set to triangles in the second set. Are the two sets equivalent in number?”
In the context of mathematics, the dividend is the number that is to be divided.1