You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZscratch division
noun
: an old method of division in which the partial products are not set down at all but only the remainders so that it is necessary to scratch out each figure of the dividend from which subtraction is made and place the remainder each time above it
called also galley method
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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