Word Division Application

Application to create and solve Word Division problems, such as the Word Arithmetic pages in Dell Crossword puzzles:

                  G O
          ┌───────────
    M E W │ L I G H T
            L M N O
            ───────
              E N I T
              H I I H
              ────────
                L G G

This is a long division puzzle, having ten digits represented by ten unique letters, whose solution 0 through 9 spell out a word or phrase. The solution involves finding the unique decimal digit solution of each letter by using long division techniques.

Terminology

Dividend The number that will be divided, "L I G H T" in the example above.

Divisor Divides into the Divident, " M E W" in the example above.

Quotient The result of the division, without the remainder. "G O" in the example.

Remainder "L G G" in the example above.

Subtraction Step One step in the long-division process, a row of subtraction. There are two subtraction steps in the example above:

       L I G H          E N I T
       L M N O          H I I H
       ───────          ───────
         E N I            L G G

There is one subtraction step for each digit of the Quotient. Note that each step vertically overlaps other steps, but on the other hand, is only a horizontal subslice of the width of the overall dividend .

com.wapitia.worddivision.model.Subcell A Subtraction cell focuses on a single vertical column from a Subtraction step, such as:

        I
        I
        ──
        G

These digits, along with any carry or borrow, can be an isolated part of the solution.