> Once you have the calculator, learning long division hardly matters. Most adults have forgotten the algorithm. Long division does have applications in some a

> Once you have the calculator, learning long division hardly matters. Most adults have forgotten the algorithm. Long division does have applications in some areas of maths, like polynomial division and factoring. If you didnt know long division, you would surely not be able to learn about polynomial factoring. Knowledge is knowledge, and it does not expire.