Math (Division) in The Age of Calculators

Schools don't seem to put much emphasis anymore on having children learn how to do long division. My children just seem to rely on doing it with a calculator. How can I interest them in picking up this skill? -- For Division
Answer: It's true that not too much emphasis is being placed on long division. We have a game that your children might enjoy playing that would give them practice using long division.
Before starting the game, make three sets of cards numbered 0-9 and shuffle them. Then have every player draw a blank division problem with two squares for the devisor (dividing number) and four squares for the number to be divided. The game is played in this way:
--The first player turns over the top card.
--This player writes the number in one of the squares on his blank division problem.
--The rest of the players take turns drawing cards and writing the numbers on their blank division problems.
--When all the spaces are filled in, each player solves his or her division problem.
--Calculators can be used to check that the answers are correct. (Remind your children that remainders in division can be shown as decimals or fractions.)
--The winner is the player who has the highest quotient.
Children who truly understand division and have a strategy for filling in their division problems will usually be the winners.