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It's weird because I was taught long division in primary school that was different to everyone else in class (different maths class). Everyone seems to do some
by alfiedotwtf 7y ago
It's weird because I was taught long division in primary school that was different to everyone else in class (different maths class). Everyone seems to do some weird subtraction for each digit, whereas I was taught to carry right (i.e almost like how carries work with addition). Way faster, and it works the same all the way to decimal places, no weird remainders. Not sure why that wasn't the standard approach.
- alfiedotwtf 7y agoCopied from comment below... Oh :) I just worked it out - I was taught to fold the subtraction and carry right in one step. I'm an idiot!
- overlordalex 7y agoFrom elsewhere in this thread I learned that this is actually called "short division"! I can distinctly remember learning long division as a kid, and I wonder why this isn't immediately taught afterwards as the logical progression
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