How to Divide Numbers

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How to Divide Numbers How to Divide Numbers Some people are looking for continental divide while others tend to do their best to divide and conquer. We'd rather divide and be content with that. As a lifeform equipped with digits we're trying to stick to our nature and in this digital age we divide natural numbers. Having all the digital equipment we still remember that we used to experience the joy of division in the age of paper and pencils. To tell you the truth, it is not as much fun as with addition, subtraction and even multiplication, but we do maintain our skills for the sake of completeness. And now we are ready to share it with you. Here you can try the magic by entering dividend along with divisor and see what will come out. Divide your dividends! Method : - In English-speaking countries, division does not use the slash (/) or obelus (รท) signs, instead displaying the dividend, divisor, and (once it is found) quotient in a tableau. The process is begun by dividing the left-most digit of the dividend by the divisor. The quotient (rounded down to an integer) becomes the first digit of the result, and the remainder is calculated (this step is notated as a subtraction). This remainder carries forward when the process is repeated on the following digit of the dividend (notated as 'bringing down' the next digit to the remainder). When all digits have been processed and no remainder is left, the process is complete. An example is shown below, representing the division of 500 by 4 (with a result of 125). down from the dividend, and the last subtraction result was 0. Division is a standard procedure suitable for dividing simple or complex multidigit numbers. Know More About :- Geometry Kite

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125 4)500 4 10 8 20 20 0

(Explanations) (4 × 1 = 4) (5 - 4 = 1) (4 × 2 = 8) (10 - 8 = 2) (4 × 5 = 20) (20 - 20 = 0)

In the above example, the first step is to find the shortest sequence of digits starting from the left end of the dividend, 500, that the divisor 4 goes into at least once; this shortest sequence in this example is simply the first digit, 5. The largest number that the divisor 4 can be multiplied by without exceeding 5 is 1, so the digit 1 is put above the 5 to start constructing the quotient. Next, the 1 is multiplied by the divisor 4, to obtain the largest whole number (4 in this case) that is a multiple of the divisor 4 without exceeding the 5; this product of 1 times 4 is 4, so 4 is placed underneath the 5. Next the 4 under the 5 is subtracted from the 5 to get the remainder, 1, which is placed under the 4 under the 5. This remainder 1 is necessarily smaller than the divisor 4. Next the first as-yet unused digit in the dividend, in this case the first digit 0 after the 5, is copied directly underneath itself and next to the remainder 1, to form the number 10. At this point the process is repeated enough times to reach a stopping point: The largest number by which the divisor 4 can be multiplied without exceeding 10 is 2, so 2 is written above the 0 that is next to the 5 — that is, directly above the last digit in the 10. Then the latest entry to the quotient, 2, is multiplied by the divisor 4 to get 8, which is the largest multiple of 4 that does not exceed 10; so 8 is written below 10, and the subtraction 10 minus 8 is performed to get the remainder 2, which is placed below the 8. This remainder 2 is necessarily smaller than the divisor 4. The next digit of the dividend (the last 0 in 500) is copied directly below itself and next to the remainder 2, to form 20. Then the largest number by which the divisor 4 can be multiplied without exceeding 20 is ascertained; this number is 5, so 5 is placed above the last dividend digit that was brought down (i.e., above the rightmost 0 in 500). Then this new quotient digit 5 is multiplied by the divisor 4 to get 20, which is written at the bottom below the existing 20. Then 20 is subtracted from 20, yielding 0. Read More About :- Congruent Figures Definition

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