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From: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
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Subject: Re: Arithmetic Macros
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David Arnold wrote:
> All,
> 
> Does anyone have any macros for typesetting common arithmetic  
> explanations, such as +, -, x, and /?

There is a small macro package by Donald Arsenau for long
divisions, and it looks like that works in context without
any change:

   <CTAN>/macros/generic/misc/longdiv.tex

But whether or not you like it's visualization is another
matter. To my (european) eyes it looks quite awful.

Cheers,
Taco