Other kind long division help

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I need to make equations like this with 'check'. Here is my example with strange spacing. The long division is from PageMaker. I am making excel tables then I copy them in Pagemaker but its very hard to do.

The long division is from PageMaker. I am making excel tables then I copy them in Pagemaker but its very hard to do. — Simeon Simeonov, Nov 15 '18 at 14:17
So you didn't create those with TeX? Please note that this page is not a do-it-for-me service. Questions about more specific things tend to get answered quicker and better. There are packages tackling that. One example could be longdivision, with it you can do \longdivision{402}{3}, but I personally dislike the output of that package. Another example would be polynom which adds \longdiv. — Skillmon, Nov 15 '18 at 15:23
I have used xlop, longdiv, but it's just other kind of long division. — Simeon Simeonov, Nov 15 '18 at 15:28
[link] (https://imgur.com/a/oMBKXnQ) I want it like that, those packages does offer different things. — Simeon Simeonov, Nov 15 '18 at 15:31
If there's more to so, saying so is good. If Segletes has solved this one for you, a fitting thing to do is click the "check mark" for his answer. — Saphar Koshet, Nov 15 '18 at 16:13

Steven B. Segletes · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-15T16:12:53.197

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Here is a way, if you prefer to retain column gaps:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[TABcline]{tabstackengine}
\TABstackMath
\renewcommand\stackalignment{l}
\newcommand\lminus{\llap{$-$}}
{\catcode`-=\active
\gdef -{\lminus}}
\newcommand\minusactive{\phantom{-}\catcode`-=\active}
\setstacktabbedgap{3pt}
\begin{document}
$
\minusactive
\tabbedShortunderstack[r]{
 &3&7&0&5&:5=741\\
-&3&5& &&\\
\TABcline{2,3}
 & &2&0&&\\
 &-&2&0&&\\
\TABcline{3,4} 
 & & & &5&\\
 & & &-&5&\\
\TABcline{5}
 & & & &0&
}
$
\end{document}

Naturally, the method works inside a tabular:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[TABcline]{tabstackengine}
\TABstackMath
\renewcommand\stackalignment{l}
\newcommand\lminus{\llap{$-$}}
{\catcode`-=\active
\gdef -{\lminus}}
\newcommand\minusactive{\phantom{-}\catcode`-=\active}
\setstacktabbedgap{3pt}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll@{\hspace{10ex}}c}
1)&
$
\minusactive
\tabbedShortunderstack[r]{
 &3&7&0&5&:5=741\\
-&3&5& &&\\
\TABcline{2,3}
 & &2&0&&\\
 &-&2&0&&\\
\TABcline{3,4} 
 & & & &5&\\
 & & &-&5&\\
\TABcline{5}
 & & & &0&
}
$
&
$741\cdot5 = 3705$\\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

edited Nov 15 '18 at 16:12

answered Nov 15 '18 at 15:54

Steven B. Segletes

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That was fast. There seem, though, to be two columns of info. – Saphar Koshet Nov 15 '18 at 15:57
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@SapharKoshet Not sure what you mean. I just was demonstrating how to build the division. There are various ways (using tabular for example) to array them in rows by columns format. – Steven B. Segletes Nov 15 '18 at 16:02
And, that you've done, and quickly. In the example given, there's the stack segment (on the left), and what appears to be additional answer-checking in a "right column." Didn't know whether you wanted also to include that or not. – Saphar Koshet Nov 15 '18 at 16:06
@SapharKoshet Please see revision to see how it can be done. – Steven B. Segletes Nov 15 '18 at 16:07
Yes. That's the "right column" info. It's possible the whole of the code you provided wasn't absorbed by the web page when the note came in. – Saphar Koshet Nov 15 '18 at 16:09
Thank you! I have 4-5 hours on latex since yesterday and you helped me a lot! – Simeon Simeonov Nov 15 '18 at 16:09

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