Long Division made easier ...

Jul 22, 2015 | East Sparks

A few of our kids have been starting on multiple-step division.  Wow, they really don't like it.  So we've been focusing on making the numbers more "friendly".

In the example, 3706 can be broken into a couple of numbers that are friendlier to 4.

3706 = 3600 + 100 + 6

When we showed this to them, we got the highly-sought-after "OOOOHHHH, I get it"!

We all breathed a collective "WHEW"!

Next step is 5 digit by 2 digit division ... stay tuned.

 

-Carlo