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EducationWritten division in German school: how your child does it vs how you learned itGerman schools write division on one line, 984 : 8 = 123, with the working under the first number and the remainder as "Rest". The steps match the UK and US method; only the layout and the words change. Some states now teach a half-written method first.27 October 2026