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When dividing, what is the number you divide by called?

Difference
Divisor
Product
Quotient

The correct answer is: Difference

The term used for the number you divide by in a division problem is "divisor." When you perform a division, you take a dividend (the number being divided) and divide it by the divisor. The result of that division is called the quotient. In this context, the term "difference" refers to the result of subtraction, not division. "Product" is the result of multiplication, and "quotient" is the result of division but does not represent the number being divided by. Therefore, the correct term for the number used to divide is indeed the divisor.