Lets say... 7 divided by 21. ok? So... Just take 7, (usually the smaller number, but not in all cases.) and then multiply it by 1. 2. 3. So lets see. 7x1=7 so thats not it. 7x2 is 14 so thats not it. And you want to keep doing that until you get the other number. 7x3 is 21!!! That is the correct number so if you were doing long division like this ___3______ <--- the answer would be there. 7|21