1. Long Division

2. We are going to divide. It is easy to do, as long as you
follow the steps. Division is like a recipe. The steps
must be followed precisely and in order for the problem
to come out correctly. The following silly sentence will
help you remember the division steps:
Do Monkeys Sniff Brown Rats?
D = Divide
M = Multiply
S = Subtract
B = Bring down
R = Repeat or Remainder

3. Here is a division problem to work
out:
14 167

4. Step 1 is Divide
We need to decide how many times 14 will go
into 16.
1
It will go 1 time.
14 16

5. Step 2 Multiply
We need to multiply 14 x 1.
1
14 16
14

6. The next step is to
Subtract.
1
14 16
- 14
2

7. Step 3 is to Check.
We need to make sure that the
answer to our subtraction problem is
smaller than our divisor, 14.
1
14 16
- 14
2
2 is smaller than 14, so we can go to the
Next step.

8. The next step is to Bring Down.
1
7
14 16
- 14
27

9. The next step is to Repeat. We go back to step
one and Divide. We need to decide how many
times 14 will go into 27.
14 x 2 = 28 and that is bigger than 27. So we
will use 14 x 1 = 14.

10. 1
1
7
14 16
14
27

11. The next step is to Multiply.
1
1
7
14 16
- 14
27
14

12. The next step is to Subtract.
1
1
7
14 16
- 14
27
- 14
13

13. The next step is to Check. We need to be sure that the answer
to our subtraction problem is less than the divisor 14.
1
1
7
14 16
- 14
Since it is, we can
go on to the next
step.
27
- 14
13

14. The next step is to Bring Down. Since there are no
numbers to bring down, we do not repeat, but use
the 13 as our Remainder.
1 R 13
1
7
14 16
- 14
27
- 14
13

15. WooHoo – You are
now a Math
Genius - Long
Division isn’t easy
and you are
beginning to
accomplish it!