Stage 2 · The Four Operations & Estimation

2.3.6 Checking Division with Multiplication

2.3 Division: Sharing Out and Grouping

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2.3.6 Checking Division with Multiplication

Core idea

The quotient times the divisor plus the remainder should equal the number you started with — if it matches, you're safe.

Module goal. Understand the two real-world meanings of division, handle remainders, master long division, and see how multiplication and division are inverses.
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