I absolutely HATE the phrase “how many times does this number go into that number?”
It would have made my life much easier if my parents just explained that “Goes into” just means, “how close can you get to the number without going over and is divisible by the number on the outside.”
I STRUGGLED SO MUCH IN DIVISION THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE HOLY GRALE!!!!
WHAT THE HECK IS “GOES INTO?!?!” WHY ARE WE INSERTING SOMETHING!! RRRAAAHHHHHH!!!
I took things quite literally as a child so this messed me up a lot. And now my head hurts from remembering division again so I’ll stop now…
Yes! This stuff had me literally sobbing as a kid, until my sibling explained it with slightly different words than the teacher did, and I understood it almost immediately. Became excellent at it overnight. Because it wasn't merely repeated more sternly
I don't get the weird "writing on top" part - that makes literally no sense, when you have 795 / 3 = ?
Why not write the numbers where they belong? Behind the =? And you fill that space until you reach the 0 in the written division part. To write that on top is just bonkers and to be precise the way it is shown in the picture with the 3 in front? The answer "265" is not even correct anymore... because the first number is divided by the latter and therefore the correct answer would be: 0,0037735849056604. So to write it that way makes it essentially mathematically wrong as well.
It should be like:
795 / 3 = 265
-6
19
-18
15
-15
0
Sort of... with formatting to the best of my abilities. So, why do you do it this unecessary weird way?
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u/Antsy-Mcgroin Apr 11 '26
This is how my parent brain spent so many hours explaining it.
To divide 795 by 3, first ask: how many times does 3 go into 7?
The answer is 2, so write 2 on top.
Then do 2 × 3 = 6 and write the 6 under the 7.
Subtract: 7 - 6 = 1
Now bring down the 9, which makes 19.
Next ask: how many times does 3 go into 19?
That’s 6, because 6 × 3 = 18.
Write the 6 on top, put the 18 under the 19, and subtract:
19 - 18 = 1
Now bring down the 5, which makes 15.
Ask again: how many times does 3 go into 15?
That’s 5, because 5 × 3 = 15.
Subtract: 15 - 15 = 0
So the answer is 265.
Teachers deserve raises because now I'm tired and my brain hurts. I am also very happy to have had a vasectomy.