Maths problems? Long division!?

Question

When i was in year six in juniour school had a problem with dividing ( if your American then i was aged about 10/11 in year six) but the thing was long division always baffeled me and i never did ask for help because my teacher humilited children in class for asking for help . As a result she's been sacked a good few years but i have just finished GCSE's and i got a grade C in maths. Its a miricle considering i still dont no how to do long division. I really need help because I need maths for my career as a doctor so im takin A levels . How am i supposed to do them without long division knowledge?. I really need some sites that show me how to divide so i can learn really quickly. i've tried bitesize but I have not gotten it ( this may be because i always had teachers that taught step by step instead of throwing me into it ) please help !

Answer 1

http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division2...

hope this helps

joe

Answer 2

hope this will help!!!!!!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division....

Answer 3

Some google results:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division2...

http://321know.com/g55_dix1.htm

http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/extras/longd...

Hopefully some of these will help you out a bit :D

Answer 4

I would not worry unduly about long division as this is not pushed in school nowadays.

There is a method that uses repeated subtraction if you are interested :-

625 ÷ 25

25 | 625 | 10

__ | 250 |

__ | 375 | 10

__ | 250 |

__ | 125 | 5

__ | 125 |

Answer = 10 + 10 + 5 = 25

Answer 5

Check the wiki explanation of how long division works.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_divisi...