Sis wrote:
What?! I don't think I've ever seen it before. I'm gonna have to play with it and see what I think. I HATED "long" division and my dad told the teacher he did NOT want me learning it. "Regular" division was ok and I always assumed it WAS "short" division. Hmmm. How did you happen across it?
I very vaguely remember it being mentioned in grade school. And, I figured if Long Division was "long" there MUST be a "short" form (opposites, and all ; )
It is SO much easier to do it this way!
I SO resent being taught "New Math" to the exclusion of all competency in the subject!
I'm actually loving math now that I'm learning it to teach DD - and I always hated it before!