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go

verb [I not continuous] (DIVIDE)
 
 
/ɡəʊ/ US  /ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

(of a number) to fit into another number especially resulting in a whole number: 5 into 11 won't go. 5 goes into 11 twice with 1 left over.Addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisionCalculations and calculating
(Definition of go verb (DIVIDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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