Assume that you don't know any kind of longhand method of division. Explain how you can use reasoning to calculate 495 : 35

To divide one number by another is to determine how many times the second number is contained in the first. So let's count how many times 35 can fit in 495. Decompose the number 495 on the amount of my preferred numbers. 350 this 10 times for 35105 is a 3 for 35that is, 13 times already fit. 350+105=455.

Try to add the 14th time. 455+35=490. Is extra 5.

Then, 495:35=14 and 5/35 = 14 1/7