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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by alfiedotwtf on Friday November 29, 2019 @11:42PM (#21668556)
It's weird because I was taught long division in primary school that was different to everyone else in class (different maths class). Everyone seems to do some weird subtraction for each digit, whereas I was taught to carry right (i.e almost like how carries work with addition). Way faster, and it works the same all the way to decimal places, no weird remainders. Not sure why that wasn't the standard approach.
Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by alfiedotwtf on Saturday November 30, 2019 @07:06AM (#21669623)
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Oh :) I just worked it out - I was taught to fold the subtraction and carry right in one step. I'm an idiot!

Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by overlordalex on Saturday November 30, 2019 @07:57AM (#21669763)
From elsewhere in this thread I learned that this is actually called "short division"!

I can distinctly remember learning long division as a kid, and I wonder why this isn't immediately taught afterwards as the logical progression