Alright since it was requested I continue I shall continue for Rachel and Praus
(good one by the way with the tip )
Rachel I do notice you're very intelligent and highly trained.
Perhaps you can help me with something.
Using your method of division by way of subtracting the divisor repeatedly...
What is 8 divided by 3 using the method you describe in the quoted example above?
(good one by the way with the tip )
Rachel I do notice you're very intelligent and highly trained.
Perhaps you can help me with something.
Using your method of division by way of subtracting the divisor repeatedly...
What is 8 divided by 3 using the method you describe in the quoted example above?
Wow. Thank you for thinking that about me. Wow.
I don't claim to be highly trained and stuff at all. Just wow.
I wish I could take credit for this, but there have been greats before me, who have devised this method.
Euclid for example, laid the foundation and I don't think I can claim to take his place
Euclidean algorithm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However in layman's terms, I would just say.
"Hey. Division is repetitive subtraction. For eg, if you wish to divide 8 by 2, keep subtracting 2 from 8 until you get, 0 or a number less than 2 (for whole numbers it would be 1). The number of times you subtract is your quotient, 2 is your divisor, 8 is your dividend and 0 or 1 is your remainder.
"Hey. Division is repetitive subtraction. For eg, if you wish to divide 8 by 2, keep subtracting 2 from 8 until you get, 0 or a number less than 2 (for whole numbers it would be 1). The number of times you subtract is your quotient, 2 is your divisor, 8 is your dividend and 0 or 1 is your remainder.
Here's by this method.
Step 1. Repetitively subtract 3 from 8, and the difference until you get a value less than 3
1. 8-3 = 5
2. 5-3= 2
Step 2. 2<3, hence you stop subtracting.
Step 3. Summary remainder =2, quotient (no of times you subtracted) =2,