Question

I am needing an explication to this new way of dividing please

Answer 1

The question given is

$236\div18$

Here,

The divisor

$=18$

And the dividend is

$=236$

Step 1: We begin by subtracting multiples of the divisor from the dividend

Step 2: We will keep subtracting the smaller multiples of the divisor until the remaining number is less than the divisor or zero

The remainder above is 2 while the quotient is 13.

Therefore

$236\div18=13r2$

Another illustration using different multiples, we will have it below

Using the example in the question, we will have

The remainder above is 2 while the quotient is 13.

Therefore

$236\div18=13r2$