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Long Division

Long division is useful for division calculations with big numbers.

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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • This is difficult to do in your head.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • Long division calculations are laid out like this.
    • First we work out how many times 5 goes into 8.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • 5 goes into 8 one time.
    • We write 1 on the top.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • The remainder is 8 - 5 = 3.
    • We carry the 3 across.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • Now we work out how many times 5 goes into 36.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • 5 goes into 36 seven times.
    • We write 7 on the top.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • The remainder is 36 - 35 = 1.
    • We carry the 1 across.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • Now we work out how many times 5 goes into 15.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • 5 goes into 15 three times.
    • We write 3 on the top.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • The remainder is 15 - 15 = 0.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • We now work out how many times 5 goes into 5.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • 5 goes into 5 once.
    • We write 1 on the top.
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What is 8655 ÷ 5?

  • The remainder is 5 - 5 = 0.
    • The answer is 1731.

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