They were so surprised that they gave him a repeat test, with the samelongdivisionand multiplication, but changing the figures.
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It was only my maths teacher at primary school who said that mylongdivisionwas unsafe at times.
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It was like going fromlongdivisionto the binomial theorem.
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You have moreover an agelongdivisionbetween two nations that have been separated for centuries by invasion and conflict.
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Essentially, genetic manipulation is likelongdivision; it is a technique for achieving a particular result.
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It is not simply a matter of onelongdivisionsum.
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It is really an operation inlongdivision.
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I am talking about the generic quality oflongdivision.
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At £17 million or so per annum that will take twenty-six years and three months, if mylongdivision is right, before the total amount outstanding is repaid.
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The popular press has alighted on this interesting issue of whetherlongdivisionand long multiplication without the use of calculators should be taught in schools.
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Longdivisionis not used to divide 1,344 by 21.
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It makes repeated use of polynomiallongdivisionor synthetic division.
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This procedure works by computing the digits of 1 / "p" in base "b", bylongdivision.
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One such algorithm islongdivision, taught to many school children.
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Essentially in base-longdivisionthere are only a finite number of possible remainders, and so once there must be a recurring pattern.
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