Gmat Assignment 1

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Sentences

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A group of words that expresses a grammatically complete thought.

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Subject (main subject)

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The noun that performs the main action.

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Types of subjects

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Single noun - cloak
Gerund - sleeping
Infinitive - to learn
Noun clause -
That the dog had bitten her... gave her reason to fear it.

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Verbs

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Express action, condition, or state of being. The main verb expresses the main action.

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Parts of speech

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Nouns, Pronouns, Modifiers, Prepositions, Conjunctions

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Nouns (What are they)

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People places, and things.

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Subject nouns (what does it do)

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Perform the action

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Object nouns (What do they do?)

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Receive the actions or are the objects of prepositions.

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Pronouns

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Takes the place on nouns and are used to avoid repetitions.
Can function as either subjects or objects.

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Modifiers

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Describe or modify other words in a sentence. Adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

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Prepositions

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Words that show relationships between other words or phrases.

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Conjunctions

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Connect words or parts of sentences. (and, but, or)

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Phrase

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A group of words that acts as a part of speech, not a complete sentence.

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Modifying phrases

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Take on the role of adjectives or adverbs.

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Noun phrases

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Can be the subject or object of a sentence.

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Clause

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A group of words that has a subject and a verb. Can also act as subjects, objects, or modifiers.

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Main clauses

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Can stand alone as complete sentences.

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Dependent clauses

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Cannot stand alone as complete sentences because does not express a complete thought. Begins with that, whether, if, because, & (who, whom, whose, what, where, when, why, which, how.)

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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Singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs.

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Abstract nouns

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Describe a quality, idea, or state of being and are SINGULAR.
(Sadness, truth, laughter, poverty, knowledge.)

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Collective Nouns

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Name a group of things, animals, or people. Has individual members but is a single entity, therefore SINGULAR.

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Verb Forms as Nouns

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The -ing (present participle) is used as noun- walking.
To form of verbs as like noun, (infinitive noun)- To err ... is human; to forgive... is divine.

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Nouns that end in -s

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Be careful, not all nouns that end in -s are plural. (Economics, The Netherlands)

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Singular Pronouns (Examples of)

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No one, nobody, nothing, someone, somebody, something, everyone, everybody, everything, anyone, anybody, anything, none, each.

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Compound Subjects

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A subject that includes more than one noun. Rule 1: If "and" use plural. Rule 2: or, either...or, & neither...nor the verb agrees with the noun closest to it.

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A number vs The number

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A number: many things PLURAL
The number: one thing SINGULAR

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Types of Subject Pronouns

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I, you, he/she/it, we, they, who

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Types of Object Pronouns

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Me, you, him/her/it, us, them, whom

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Possessive Pronouns

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My, your, his/hers/its, our, their, whose
(These require noun: My...cat, Our... house.)

Mine, yours, his/her, ours, theirs
(Do not require noun: That's mine. It is ours.)

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Pronoun Agreement

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Use a singular pronoun to replace a singular noun,
& use a plural pronoun to replace a plural noun.

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Antecedent

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The noun a pronoun replaces.

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Pronoun Ambiguity

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Pronouns must unambiguously refer to a single noun.

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Who vs. Whom

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Subject - Who/she
Object - Whom/her
Use she/her test if confused.

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Present Tense

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I study, I am studying, I have studied.

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Past Tense

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I studied, I had studied, I was studying.

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Future Tense

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I will study, I will be studying, I will have studied.

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Simple present

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Expresses a habitual action, a fact, or something that is happening now.

Beth runs three miles daily. Both games are on.

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Present progressive (Present continuous)

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Used to describe something that is in progress right now. Uses form of "to be" followed by -ing verb. The kids are laughing loudly.

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Present Perfect

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Describes an action that started at an indefinate time in the past and either continues into the present or has just been completed. Uses helping verb has or have followed by past participle. He has read a book since twelve. I have never been to Spain.

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Simple Past

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Indicates a completed action or condition.
I wrote my final over the weekend.

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Past Progressive

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Use to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.
We were sleeping when the fire alarm went off.

This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb,
in the past tense,
plus the present participle of the
verb (with an -ing ending):

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Past Perfect

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Used to make clear that one action in the past happened before another. Requires the helping verb had. Before she began college last fall, she had never been more than twenty miles from home.

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Simple Future

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Describes an action that will take place in the future. Requires use of helper verb will. I will go to school tomorrow.

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Future Progressive

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Describes an ongoing action that take place in the future. Requires helping verb "to" plus the -ing form of a verb. I will be cleaning my room when you arrive.

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Future Perfect

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Used to indicate an action that will be completed by a specific time the in the future.

subject + shall or will have + past participle of verb =

"I shall have gone to the store by the time you come."

"We will not have finished dinner by the time you arrive."

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Which vs That

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Which takes commas, and that does not.

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Proportion words

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Considered Singular: Seventy-five percent; one-half, etc

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V-PIMPS

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Most common types of errors.
Verb Tense
Pronouns
Idioms
Misplaced Modifiers
Parallel Construction
Subject-Verb Agreement

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Split Infinitives

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to + verb

to ski, to swim

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Relative pronoun

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who, whom, which, whose, and that
A relative pronoun links two clauses into a single complex clause.

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Either/or

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Use after the either/or?

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Prepositions

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Establish relationship between nouns. The bird flew _____ the fence. (Any word that can go there is a preposition.)

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Circumference of Circle

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C = 2πr
or
C = πd

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Area of Circle

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Value of √2

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1.4

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Value of √3

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1.7

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Volume of Circular Cylinder

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When you see questions with variables:

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Think PLUG IN!

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Integer

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A whole number that does not contain decimals, fractions, or radicals.

Integers can be negative, positive, or 0

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Positive

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Greater than 0

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Negative

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Less than 0

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Even

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An integer that is divisible by 2

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Odd

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An integer that is not divisible by 2

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Sum

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The result of addition

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Difference

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The result of subtraction

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Product

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The result of multiplication.

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Divisor

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The number you are dividing by

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Dividend

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The number you are dividing into

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Quotient

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The result of division.

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Prime

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A number that is divisible only by itself and 1.
Negative numbers, 0, and 1 are NOT prime.

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Consecutive

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In order, not necessarily ascending.

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Digits

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0-9; the numbers on the phone pad

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Distinct

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Different

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Absolute Value

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The distance from 0 on a number line. The absolute value is always positive. The symbol "I I" means absolute value.

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Factors vs Multiples

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A number has few factors, but many multiples.

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Factor

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A positive integer that divides into another positive integer. (Few factors)

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Multiple

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The product of some positive integer
and any other positive integer.
(Many multiples)

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Prime factor

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A factor that is also a prime number.

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Rules of Divisibility 2

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It's even (i.e. its last digit is even)

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Rules of Divisibility 3

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Its digits add up to a multiple of 3

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Rules of Divisibility 4

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Its last two digits are divisible by 4

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Rules of Divisibility 5

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Its last digit is 5 or 0

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Rules of Divisibility 6

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Apply the rules of 2 & 3. (Even and digits add up to multiple of 3)

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Rules of Divisibility 9

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Its digits add up to a multiple of 9

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Rules of Divisibility 10

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Its last digit is zero

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Rules of Divisibility 12

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Apply the rules of 3 & 4. (Digits add up to a multiple of 3 & last two digits are divisible by 4)

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PEMDAS

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Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.

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Simultaneous Equations

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You must have at least as many distinct linear equations as you have variables in order to solve for all the variables.
Nota bene: Linear equations are that which do not have exponents!

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More than, greater than, sum of

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Addition

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Less than, fewer than, difference between

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Subtraction

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Times as many/much as, times more than, of, the product of

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Multiplication

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Goes into, divided by, quotient of

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Division

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Is, are, was, were, equals, the same as

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Equals

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