long division
noun
: arithmetical division in which the several steps involved in the division are indicated in detail
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students learning to do long division
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Instead, my days are spent talking about long division or with my hand up an Elmo puppet.
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Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
Ali remembers the particular way her mother talked her through long division.
—Catherine Newman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
But children's birthday parties have an etiquette that can be applied to other gatherings, so long as a majority of the guests are too young to do long division.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Eleven-year-old Melissa sits in a yellow schoolhouse on the outskirts of Tijuana, joining the chorus of voices answering a teacher who instructs the class on long division.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2023
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Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
Ali remembers the particular way her mother talked her through long division.
—Catherine Newman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
But children's birthday parties have an etiquette that can be applied to other gatherings, so long as a majority of the guests are too young to do long division.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Eleven-year-old Melissa sits in a yellow schoolhouse on the outskirts of Tijuana, joining the chorus of voices answering a teacher who instructs the class on long division.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2023
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“Long division.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20division. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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