Question
How to do division 256÷6
Answers
oobleck
easy way: calculator, hand-held or online
manually:
6 does not divide 2, so add a digit
6 divides 25, giving 4 and remainder 1
6 divides 16, giving 2 and remainder 4
So the quotient is 42, remainder 4
There are many videos and examples of manual long division online.
Once you understand that division is just an extension of subtraction, you can proceed on to extracting square roots by hand.
manually:
6 does not divide 2, so add a digit
6 divides 25, giving 4 and remainder 1
6 divides 16, giving 2 and remainder 4
So the quotient is 42, remainder 4
There are many videos and examples of manual long division online.
Once you understand that division is just an extension of subtraction, you can proceed on to extracting square roots by hand.