How does a divide operation work?

Subject: How does a divide operation work?

Date: Thu Oct 18 10:17:45 2001
Posted by Roger
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Manchester State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Computer Science
ID: 1003414665.Cs

Message:


Computers and pocket calculators can accurately perform divisions in a fraction 
of a second.  I know it is possible to perform simple division by repeated 
subtractions, but via this method you end up with a remainder, which is 
inaccurate in terms of decimal precision.  So... how do calculators and 
computers without floating point systems get an accurate decimal answer to a 
division calculation?

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