Gyro
@Gyro

One consequence of being homeschooled during elementary school grades is that the only way I ever learned to do division is "long division."

I do not actually know what the other way to do division is. wtf is short division


quwyou
@quwyou
no I was public schooled and I must say, I too do not know what "short division" is. As far as I'm aware there's only long division

LiahZagarl
@LiahZagarl

i assumed short division was just, memorizing how small numbers divided or something, like wizh multiplication tables. but no, apparently its a whole ozher zhing zhat isnt taught to my knowledge anymore?

wikipedia's page on it


mynotaurus
@mynotaurus

we learnt zhis at primary school!!!! we called it zhe Bus Stop Mezhod (cause it looks a bit like a bus stop)
i have no memory of how to do long division now except for like. on polynomials, but i still know how to do zhis one


quwyou
@quwyou
I'm sorry but this is like black magic to me

mynotaurus
@mynotaurus

it takes a lot more mental calculation zhan long division, especially when dividing large numbers, so it is very "conjuring mazhs out of zhin air"


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