> Until the 15th century less than 5 people in Europe could do long division.
That’s wildly inaccurate. Arithmetic was very much a subject at several schools with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division all being taught. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrivium
Long division being difficult in Roman numerals is one of the reasons for the switch.
That’s wildly inaccurate. Arithmetic was very much a subject at several schools with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division all being taught. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrivium
Long division being difficult in Roman numerals is one of the reasons for the switch.