Re: [OM] Godspeed, Neil Armstrong

[Chuck Norcutt]

I hope it's only used to teach the concept of division by subtraction. 
It's a horribly inefficient way to actually do division.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/27/2012 3:33 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> But can you do long division by "chunking"?
> (This is how my nephews are taught in English schools nowadays - google it...)
>
> 'You added one here so you must add one here' Jez
>
>
> On 27/08/2012, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012, at 01:49 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>    For any of you who would like to hone those rusty skills:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n909es/virtual-n909-es.html
>>
>> I can still multiply. :)
>>
>> Joel (but not be fruitful) W.
>>
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