SINCE 1828
long division
nounDefinition of long division
: arithmetical division in which the several steps involved in the division are indicated in detail
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students learning to do long division
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Will anyone care about driving skill if it's relegated to the status of long division? — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "I Raced a Self-Driving Audi To Defend Humanity's Honor," 17 Nov. 2015 Now imagine trying to grasp long division, cell structure, the Bill of Rights. — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Government's biggest cuts hurt America's smallest citizens: Ben Stein (Opinion)," 22 Apr. 2018 Maybe a genius or one of those math eggheads who can do long division, but not regular people like him. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "Does Donald Trump Struggle With Reading? An Investigation," 22 Sep. 2017 Austin Peay entered the night with the nation's longest Division I-A losing streak at 27 games. — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, "Instant analysis: UC gets past Austin Peay," 31 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'long division.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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