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