How Do You Divide With The British Method?
• Set the problem up using a standard long division symbol. • Next, add a vertical line on the right hand side. • Choose a number that, when multiplied by the 3, will be smaller than 99. We’ll choose 10. Write it on the right side of the line going down. • Multiply 10×3 and write the result below the 99. • Subtract. You now have 69. • Choose another number that, when multiplied by the 3, will be smaller than 69. Let’s pick 12. Write the 12 under the 10. • Multiply 12 x 3 and write 36 underneath the 69. • Subtract 69 – 36 and enter the result, 33, under the 36. • You can probably see by now that the 3 will divide into the 33 and give 11. Write the 11 under the 12. • Multiply again… • …and subtract again. Now add all the numbers along the right side of the line. That’s the answer. • • 10 + 12 + 11 = 33, so 99 ÷ 3 = 33.
