To think that primary schools should teach long division

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My son has no clue how to do long or short division or use an equivalent method to work out 484/8

When I showed him he understood and picked up reasonally quickly. I am sure that most children in my class could do long division by the age of eleven.

I feel that children should not reach for the calculator until they learn trig. I think that children's over reliance on calculators is why British children are weak at maths. Also the tenancy to try and teach 15 million different methods of doing division without mastering one!

Or you could try imagining an abacus in your head.

These japanese guys can add 15 3 digit numbers in under 2 seconds

I don't know what you call my method I do 27 into 34 = 1 with 7 remainder 27 into 79 is 2 with 25 remainder 27 into 258 is 9 with 15 remainder answer 129.55555 took me about 30 seconds, longer to type

I still use long division in preference to short division.

DS is learning it in Y2 state primary.

3498/27

better way
2700 add half on again 4050 150
you have 552 too many there. (270 x 2 =540 )-20
still got 12 too many -1
and remainder 15 15/27

150-20-1+(15/27)

129 15/27