long division
noun
: arithmetical division in which the several steps involved in the division are indicated in detail
Examples of long division in a Sentence
students learning to do long division
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Ali remembers the particular way her mother talked her through long division.
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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
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.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 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
Like learning cursive and long division in school, lacing may no longer be a life necessity thanks to technological advances and new silhouettes, including slip-ons, velcro, and the BOA Fit System.
—Michael Loré, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
Addition, subtraction and even long division become almost geometric.
—Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
The nuns at his parochial school removed their traditional habits, and his sixth-grade math teacher, Sister Maryann, occasionally taught the class Simon & Garfunkel songs instead of long division.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
Is this moment more like the invention of the calculator, saving me from the tedium of long division, or more like the invention of the player piano, robbing us of what can be communicated only through human emotion?
—Daniel Herman, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
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
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.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 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
Like learning cursive and long division in school, lacing may no longer be a life necessity thanks to technological advances and new silhouettes, including slip-ons, velcro, and the BOA Fit System.
—Michael Loré, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
Addition, subtraction and even long division become almost geometric.
—Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
The nuns at his parochial school removed their traditional habits, and his sixth-grade math teacher, Sister Maryann, occasionally taught the class Simon & Garfunkel songs instead of long division.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
Is this moment more like the invention of the calculator, saving me from the tedium of long division, or more like the invention of the player piano, robbing us of what can be communicated only through human emotion?
—Daniel Herman, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2022
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