Division Box Method

Title that says The box method for long division step by step guide with a young male student working out the answer to a long division question on the whiteboard whilst his teacher looks to see what he is doing.

The long division box method (or long division area model) is a systematic technique that I think is gaining more popularity when teaching long division. It’s certainly one of the methods I use. It involves breaking down numbers from the dividend into their place values. The divisor sequentially divides into each place. Any remainders from […]