long division
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of long division
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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He was doing complex calculations before most kids master long division.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
How confident would you be if you were asked to tackle some long division?
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
When Stark demonstrates a long division problem, she writes out the steps for calculating the answer while students use a chart or blocks to understand the problem conceptually.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
Language immersion at a young age meant learning the terminology of long division and basic cellular biology in French, while also untangling my English and Albanian.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
Mr. Fabian hands out fifth-grade math workbooks, but everyone asks him so many questions, he can’t get started talking about geometry and twelve-digit place values and long division.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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