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Useful tutorial on how to do long division for teachers and students
I have to teach long division tomorrow for the first ime in a long time and all i remember about it is that it is a long, confusing and involved process. Instead of fumbling through text books to refresh my memory I was straight on to the web and found this brilliant step by step tutorial (below) that I will work through with my students. It is really comprehensive and easy to follow. I hope you enjoy it and get some use out of it.
Long Division Tutorial
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Monday, October 18, 2010 at 11:58AM
Reader Comments (2)
Can I make the strong recommendation that you teach your students this method, then once most of them have mastered it, teach them another method? Too many elementary school students arrive in high school thinking that there is only one right answer, one possible method, and one right way of doing things.
The Chinese system for long multiplication, for example, is much more efficient than our Western system. See hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB1NaZrJU3Q for details.
I totally agree and we need to ensure that our kids can do their tables by year 5 at the minimum. It drives me nuts getting kids that have never been taught them