While it may sound daunting, partial quotient algorithm (or partial quotient division) is a method for dividing numbers that's much more accessible than the familiar but more abstract long division.

I previously dismissed long division as a meaningless math procedure. Am I backpedaling now in response to readers' comments?

Therefore, the quotient is either 1 or 0. The division algorithm performs either an addition or subtraction based on the signs of the divisor and the partial remainder.