noun
- the results obtained by dividing one number by another
Usage: mathematics; plural of quotient
Examples
- The students calculated the quotients for all the division problems.
- When dividing 20 by 4, and 15 by 3, the quotients are 5 and 5.
- The math teacher asked us to find the quotients of these fractions.
- All the quotients in this exercise should be whole numbers.
- She double-checked her quotients by multiplying them back.
- The quotients were written neatly in the answer column.