How to do long division
Set up the working correctly
Now we start to divide Look at the first number Can we divide 5 by 16?The answer is no.So we write a 0 above the Now we ask can 54 by divided by 16 The answer is yesHow many times does 16 go into 54 We can work this out at the side So how many times does 16 go into 54? Now we write a 3 beside the 0 03 We write 48 below the Now we subtract 48 from 54 6 Now we bring the remaining 4 down How many times does 16 go into 64? Look at our list on the right It goes in 4 times, so we write a 4 on the top Now we write 64 Now we subtract 0 Since the answer is 0 we have finished. So what is the answer?