{"id":1987,"date":"2012-10-12T22:37:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T22:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testpreparations.com\/help\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:31:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:31:59","slug":"how-to-solve-long-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2012\/10\/12\/how-to-solve-long-division\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Solve Long Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In arithmetic, long division is a standard procedure suitable for dividing \u00a0numbers. It breaks down a division problem into a series of simple steps (this will be demonstrated in the following table). As in all division problems, one number, called the dividend, is divided by another, called the divisor, producing a result called the quotient.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of students may have difficulties when facing long division problems. In the following table, the process for solving a long division problem will be demonstrated step by step.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>672\u00f732<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>627 is the dividend<\/li>\n<li>32 is the divisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solving it step by step:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testpreparations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/09\/how-to-solve-long-division-image-new-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1988\" title=\"how to solve long division\" src=\"https:\/\/testpreparations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/09\/how-to-solve-long-division-image-new-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"708\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/testpreparations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/09\/how-to-solve-long-division-image-new-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1990\" title=\"how to solve long division image 2\" src=\"https:\/\/testpreparations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2012\/09\/how-to-solve-long-division-image-new-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking to get ready for the ACT? We can help with <a href=\"https:\/\/testpreparations.com\/ACT-tutoring\/ACT-prep\/\">ACT Prep<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article was written for you by <strong>Sunny<\/strong>, one of the tutors with <span class=\"tutorOrange\">Test Prep Academy<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In arithmetic, long division is a standard procedure suitable for dividing \u00a0numbers. It breaks down a division problem into a series of simple steps (this will be demonstrated in the following table). As in all division problems, one number, called the dividend, is divided by another, called the divisor, producing a result called the quotient. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2841,3015,3021,2851],"tags":[3037,529,3201],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-act","category-math-act","category-mathematics-sat","category-sat","tag-better-at-math","tag-division","tag-long-division"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}