Identifying Patterns in Long Division In looking at the long division, we notice: The student subtracted 4 times, and this matches the number of digits in the dividend. The student stopped dividing when he ran out of numbers to bring down. What was left at the bottom was the remainder.
Divide: 7,011 ÷ 7 1,001 R4 7)--------- Divide 7,011
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7
00 0
- 0
01
- 0 0
11
- 7 1
Bring down
Divide: 2,948 ÷ 8
368 R 4 8) 2,948
- 24
54
- 48
68
- 64
4