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document.write( "11 - 8 ÷ ( + )\r\n" );
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document.write( "Do in the parentheses first by writing  as  and  as \r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - 8 ÷ ( + )\r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - 8 ÷ \r\n" );
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document.write( "Next do the division by inverting the  as  and\r\n" );
document.write( "changing the division to multiplication:\r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - 8×\r\n" );
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document.write( "To do the multiplication, write 8 as \r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - ×\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 8's\r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - ×\r\n" );
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document.write( "11 - 15\r\n" );
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document.write( "   -4\r\n" );
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