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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by shantly on Saturday November 30, 2019 @10:26AM (#21670338)
It’s notation only. I “invented” it as a kid to save space on division problems and reduce the chance of copying errors. It’s the same method as long division (and TIL it already existed!)
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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by beatgammit on Sunday December 01, 2019 @02:12PM (#21677224)
It definitely looks nice, and I'll probably start using it. If something is too inconvenient to use short division for (e.g. large divisors), I'll probably just use a calculator.
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