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