Division Pamela Leutwyler

The base ten division algorithm relies upon your knowledge of base ten multiplication facts. For example: You begin this problem by noting that 23 goes into 71 three times – you can do this easily because you once memorized “3x2 = 6” and “4x2 = 8” Because you have never memorized multiplication facts in bases other than ten, before you can begin a long division problem, you must list the single digit multiples of your divisor:

example 1:

example 1:

example 1: 3 too big

example 1: multiply 3

example 1: 3 1 3 - subtract in base 5

example 1: 3 13 2 1 3 - subtract in base 5 6 1

example 1: 3 134 bring down the 4

example 1: 3 4 134 21 goes into 134 four times

example 1: multiply 3 4 134 134

example 1: 3 45 134 134

example 2:

example 2:

example 2: 4 too big

example 2: 4

example 2: 4 1 4 3 - 2 5 subtract in base 7

example 2: 4 3 1 4 - 2 5 subtract in base 7 10 1

example 2: 4 15 3 1 4 - 2 5 subtract in base 7 10 1

example 2: 4 151

example 2: 4 5 151

example 2: 4 57 151 151