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Long Division?? PLEASEEE HELP
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on Nov. 3, 2009 at 11:19 PM
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Please moms of tweens, yes they are at the age of long division... i had a really hard time with this as a kid, now my son is having trouble with long division, ive tried to explain it to him, i am failing miserably! He gives me the deer in the head light look, and im getting frusturated.. please help me explain this math disaster hes been working on his homework for hours.. im trying to help and now he just isnt wanting to listen to me... any suggestions?
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- by on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:34 AM
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This may be too late to help him with his homework, but if he has it again this week it may help.
www.mathisfun.com - search for long division.
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- by on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:35 AM
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My daughter started it about 3 weeks ago. The first two nights were AWFUL. The first night was so bad that I called a halt to the homework after 5 problems, and wrote a note in her planner to her teacher, saying that she just didn't understand it at all.
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- by on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:48 AM
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At my daughter's elem. school they taught them several different ways to do division and told them to choose the one that was easiest. All MOMMY knows is long division so that is what I taught my daughter. There are tons of websites available - just google long division and your child's grade/age and they should have plenty of info and teaching aids.
One thing we have found helpful is when dividing into a multidigit number we use a 0 as a place holder - in the subtraction under the work - if that makes sense. We struggled for a while over the whole deal but eventually she got it - it just sort of clicked one day.
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- by on Nov. 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
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If all else fails, I found a fantastic tutor on Wyzant.com. She's the best he's every had, the least expensive and she comes to us.
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- by on Nov. 4, 2009 at 9:45 PM
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I imagine this will be an ongoing battle, like our house. Here is a method you can try for division. My daughter's teacher just sent home a letter referencing several URLs that you can learn different methods of division. Check out this video:
http://www.mathatube.com/e-partial-quotient-method.html
They may some other methods too. I imagine you could go to the main page and find other things too.
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- by on Nov. 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM
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You may want to ask the teacher to over it again, either in an afternoon class or lunch time.
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