Question

How do find $24$ divided by $4$$?$

Answer 1

Hint: To solve this question we need to have the knowledge of natural numbers. We need to find the prime factors of both the numbers. The prime factors of a number could be found out by the method of prime-factorisation. We would write the number as the product of all the prime-factors. We would cancel out the common factors in the numerator and denominator.

Complete step by step answer:
The question asks us to divide the number 24 by$4$. To do this we need to write the prime factors of the number, $24$. The prime factors of a number can be found by the method of prime-factorisation.
The prime factors which we get on prime factorisation are $2,2,2,3$.
Now, the factors would be written in the product form. So it will be:
$24=2\times 2\times 2\times 3$
On writing the prime factors of $4$ in the product form we get:
$4=2\times 2$
 On dividing $24$ from $4$, mathematically we get:
$\Rightarrow \dfrac{2\times 2\times 2\times 3}{2\times 2}$
Since, $2$ which is written twice, is common in both the numerator and the denominator, so it cancel out giving the value as
$\Rightarrow \dfrac{2\times 3}{1}$
$\Rightarrow 6$
$\therefore $We get $6$ on dividing $24$ by $4$.

Note: The question could be solved by yet another method which is division method. To check whether the factors of a number given is correct or not we multiply each of the factors and if the product comes to be the same as the number then the prime factors are correct.
To check whether the answer we have correct answer using the formula
$\Rightarrow $ Dividend = Quotient $\times $ Divisor$+$ Remainder
On putting the values on the above formula we get:
$\Rightarrow $ Dividend = $6\times 4+0$
$\Rightarrow $ Dividend = $24$