Re: David Grudek/COR/AXE is out of the office

From: DGLU TR (tony_at_the-sphere.org)
Date: 12/31/03

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    Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 06:47:50 -0500
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    On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 06:17:23AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
    > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:33:15 -0500, Antonio Rodr P `Y wrote:
    >
    > >
    > >
    > > Let me add another element to this topic: In the English language, at
    > > least in its American version, the simple division operation 6/2 = 3 in
    > > its long form is written
    > >
    > > 3
    > > ________
    > > | 6
    > > 2 |
    > > ___ |
    > >
    > > which corresponds to 6 divided by 2 is 3, but is not exactly
    > > co-sequential with its written form. Hence the common confusion among
    > > the not so educated as to the written notation. I find the notation used
    > > in (the rest of the planet ?) other parts more corresponding to the
    > > human language:
    > >
    > > |
    > > 6 | 2
    > > |_________
    > > 3
    > >
    >
    > Ih the UK, at least, when I went to school, the second form (short
    > division) is used when the divisor <= 12, and the first form (long
    > division) is used when the divisor > 12, in order to keep the quotient
    > clear of the intermediate arithmetic.
    >

    The second form is used for long divisions, regardles of the size of
    the digits sequence.
    Interesting that in the UK they use the two ways as you described. 

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