Long Division?? PLEASEEE HELP

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  • photomom226
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:34 AM

• 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.

  Link for animated process.
  

  
  

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  • nelopyma
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:35 AM

• 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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  • AmyB118
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:48 AM

• 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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  • sassybbplass
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 7:25 AM

• Thanks guys!! ill try these tactics and i will let yall know..

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  • PinkLight
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM

• 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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  • Jules4jess
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 9:45 PM

• 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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  • mommydearest31
  on Nov. 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM

• You may want to ask the teacher to over it again, either in an afternoon class or lunch time.

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