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Explain how to do long division within 5 minutes.​

User Rgamber
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Let's say 125 / 5

5 can't go into 1 so we move on to 12(if it doesn't work for twelve you move on to the next number). 5 goes into 12 twice because 5*2=10.

So the first number to our answer is 2 and we do 12-10=2. Then we bring down the 5 in 125 to make 25(from 12-10=2).

Since we are dividing by 5, 5 goes into 25 five times, so the next number to our answer is 5. 25-25=0 which means we can't divide by 5 any further so our answer is 25.

I think it's confusing but just for the points :)

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