Divide Whole Numbers: example 1.67

The word quotient tells us to divide.

$\begin{array}{cccc}& & & \text{the quotient of 51 and 17}\hfill \\ \text{Translate.}\hfill & & & 51÷17\hfill \\ \text{Divide.}\hfill & & & 3\hfill \end{array}$

We could just as correctly have translated the quotient of $51$ and $17$ using the notation

$17\overline{)51}\text{or}\frac{51}{17}.$