Teaching Long Division: - MATH

Begin with dividing a two-digit number greater than 20 by 2. For example, 74 รท 2. Write down the exercise, and next to it draw 7 coins of 10 alongside 4 lines, representing the 4 ones. The writing of long division should be accompanied concomitantly by this drawing. Long division begins on the left. That is, we begin by dividing the tens. Why? ................
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