商
しょう
quotient (in division); commerce; trade
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Examples
12を4で割った商は3です。
じゅうにをよんでわったしょうはさんです。
Twelve divided by four gives a quotient of three.
商と余りを求めなさい。
しょうとあまりをもとめなさい。
Find the quotient and the remainder.
割り算の答えを商と呼び、割り切れずに残った数を余りと呼ぶ。
わりざんのこたえをしょうとよび、わりきれずにのこったかずをあまりとよぶ。
The answer to a division is called the quotient, and what is left over is called the remainder.
Common patterns
- 商を求める
- to find the quotient
- 商と余り
- quotient and remainder
- 商を営む
- to carry on a trade
Memory tip
On its own 商 is the arithmetic term 'quotient'. The trade sense lives in compounds — 商業, 商人 (しょうにん), 商売 (しょうばい). Do not confuse the sound with 症 as in 心配症, a completely different word.
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