quotient
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- noun
- /ˈkwoʊʃənt/
- Specialized
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cociente
- Well, if we simplify this quotient rule formula, what we find is a couple of things.
- intelligence quotient
- motivational quotient
- deviation quotient
So they were thinking that pairs of numbers, quotients of numbers could measure all lengths.
- So they were thinking that pairs of numbers, quotients of numbers could measure all lengths.
- So now we have our remaining quotient factor, right?
Examples
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Age, intelligence quotient, and reading achievement data from each student's educational records are displayed in Table 1.
Academic text (1995) -
So that means the quotient of that is also a factor.
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"We are reading a far higher activity quotient here than expected."
Fiction book (1990) -
You gotta figure out the unknown quotient.
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Do all your students know words such as minuend, subtrahend, quotient, remainder, product, and partial product?
Academic text (2015) -
In mathematics, the quotient is the result you get when you divide one number by another.
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To find the quotient of 20 divided by 4, you simply calculate 20 divided by 4.
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The teacher asked the students to calculate the quotient of each division problem they solved.
Compounds
- Jargon
A jury decision that makes the verdict by averaging how much money each juror says should be paid
- Specialized
A number showing how much carbon dioxide is made compared to oxygen used
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word quotient comes from an old Latin word quot meaning 'how many' or 'how often'. So a quotient is the number that tells you 'how many times' one number fits into another, and the same root appears in quota.