Sample inputs

dividend: 6285
divisor: 4

dividend: 12563
divisor: 4.2

dividend: 12.045
divisor: 4.2

Example of Long Division

Given:

Dividend = 629
Divisor = 4

The following is a step by step explanation for the division of the dividend: 629 by the divisor: 4 using Long Division.

Step 1

Write the dividend inside the long division symbol (the horizontal bar). Write the divisor outside the symbol.

      
4 629

Take the first digit of the dividend: 6, and divide it with the divisor: 4.

  1  
4 629
 -4
    
  2

The division of 6 by 4 generates a quotient of 1 and a remainder of 2.

Write the quotient: 1 above the horizontal bar, above the the digit of the dividend that we are working on: 6.

Step 2

Take the second digit of the dividend next to the remainder in previous step, and divide it with the divisor.

  15 
4 629
 -4
    
  22
 -20
     
   2

The division of 22 by 4 generates a quotient of 5 and a remainder of 2.

Write the quotient: 5 above the horizontal bar, above the the digit of the dividend that we are working on: 2.

Step 3

Take the third digit of the dividend next to the remainder in previous step, and divide it with the divisor.

  157
4 629
 -4
    
  22
 -20
     
   29
  -28
      
    1

The division of 29 by 4 generates a quotient of 7 and a remainder of 1.

Write the quotient: 7 above the horizontal bar, above the the digit of the dividend that we are working on: 9.