If you’re having trouble with LONG DIVISION,

all you have to remember is…

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

You might be thinking, “But what does McDonald’s have to do with LONG DIVISION?”

Think about it this way…Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?I U U RV L B II T T ND I R GE P A L C D Y T O W N

Each word in our question (Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers) represents one

step in LONG DIVISION!!

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?I U U RV L B II T T ND I R GE P A L C D Y T O W N

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

So, if you can remember this…

Then you can do this…

LET’S GIVE IT A TRY!!!

Let’s start with an easy one:

6 78

What’s the first thing we do?

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

The first thing we do is DIVIDE!

Let’s Divide:

6 781

Since 6 goes into 7 just one time, we place a one above

the 7. That was EASY!

But What’s Next?

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

The next thing we do is multiply!

6 781

Let’s Multiply:

6Since 1 times 6 is 6, we place

a 6 below the 7. That was EASY!

But What’s Next?

Does McDonald’s Serve Cheese Burgers?

The next thing we do is Subtract!

6 781

Let’s Subtract:

6

Since 7 minus 6 is 1, we place a 1 below the 6.

1

But What’s Next?

The next thing we do is Bring

Down!

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

6 781

Let’s Bring Down:

6

Since our 8 doesn’t have anything under it (like the 7 does), we Bring It Down.

1 8

And Now We Start From

the Beginning!

The first thing we do is DIVIDE!

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

6 781

Let’s Divide:

6

Since 6 goes into 18 three times, we put a 3 above the 8.

1 8

3

The next thing we do is multiply!

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

6 781

Let’s Multiply:

6

Since 3 times 6 is 18, we put an 18 below our first 18.

1 8

3

1 8

The next thing we do is Subtract!

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?

6 781

Let’s Subtract:

6

Since 18 – 18 is 0, we put a 0 under the 18.

1 8

3

1 80

When you get to a ZERO, stop and…

...You’re done with your long

division problem!!

So, just remember, if you’re having trouble with LONG DIVISION,

all you have to remember is…

Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers?