divide

Learn how to use the division (/) operator in Notion formulas.

The divide (/) operator allows you to divide two numbers and get their quotient.

number / number

divide(number, number)

number.divide(number)
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

The / operator follows the standard mathematical order of operations (PEMDAS). For more detail, see Operator Precedence.

You can also use the function version, divide().

12 / 4 /* Output: 3 */

divide(12, -4) /* Output: -3 */

12.divide(4) /* Output: 3 */
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Since divide is a binary operator, it can only work on two operands – the objects which are being operated on (if – the ternary operator – is the only operator that works on three operands).

If you need to work with more than two operands, the shorthand / is by far the easiest way to do it.

40 / 2 / 5 /* Output: 4 */

divide(divide(40,2),5) /* Output: 4 */

40.divide(2).divide(5) /* Output: 4 */
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

No – unlike addition and multiplication, which are commutative, division won’t work if you switch around the numbers you’re working with. 8/2 = 4, but 2/8 = 0.25.

The same applies when working with 3 or more operands.

100/2/4/2 = 6.25, while (100/2)/(4/2) = 50/2 = 25.

The example database below shows the per-person split for several heists carried out by a certain crew of classy thieves. The simple Split formula shows the / operator in action, and simply divides Total by Shares.

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prop("Total") / prop("Members").length()
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Instead of using hard-coded numbers, I’ve called in each property using the prop() function.

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