How do you use the bus stop method?

Answer 1

say you want to do 155 / 5, what you do is this:

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5 | 1 5 5

5 doesn't fit in 1 so put the one next to the next number so you get this:

0

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5| 115 5

5 goes perfectly in 15 and it's 3 so do this:

0 3

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5| 1 15 5

5 goes perfectly into itself so that's 1 so do this:

0 3 1

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5| 1 15 5

so the answer is 31.