177982 ÷ 42 
We're looking to find how many times 42 goes into 177982.

Moving on to step 1:
42 can be fit into 1 0 times, resulting in a remainder of 1.
Put 0 as the next digit of the answer. 
Result so far: 0.0
If we take 0 away from 1, we end up with 1.
Append the next digit (7) from the dividend to 1 and continue with: 17 / 42

On to step 2:
When dividing 17 by 42, we get 0 with a remainder of 17.
Use 0 as the next digit of our solution. 
Result so far: 0.0
If we subtract 0 from 17, we get 17.
Fetch the next digit (7) from the dividend, attach it to 17 and continue: 177 / 42

Let's proceed to step 3:
If we divide 177 by 42, we get 4 and a remainder of 9.
Write down 4 as next digit of the result. 
Result so far: 4.0
If we take 168 away from 177, we end up with 9.
Take the next digit (9) from the dividend and append it to 9, then repeat: 99 / 42

On to step 4:
When dividing 99 by 42, we get 2 with a remainder of 15.
Record the quotient 2 as the next digit in the result. 
Result so far: 42.0
If we subtract 84 from 99, we get 15.
Take the next digit (8) from the dividend and append it to 15, then repeat: 158 / 42

Going ahead to step 5:
42 goes into 158 3 times with a remainder of 32.
The next digit of our result is 3. 
Result so far: 423.0
Deduct 126 from 158 and we're left with 32.
Take the next digit (2) from the dividend and append it to 32, then repeat: 322 / 42

Step 6:
42 can be fit into 322 7 times, resulting in a remainder of 28.
Record the quotient 7 as the next digit in the result. 
Result so far: 4237.0
The remainder is 28 after subtracting 294 from 322.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 280, and continue the process.

Let's proceed to step 7:
280 divided by 42 is 6 with a remainder of 28.
Put 6 as the next digit of the answer. 
Result so far: 4237.6
Subtracting 252 from 280 leaves us with 28.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 280, and continue the process.

Moving on to step 8:
When dividing 280 by 42, we get 6 with a remainder of 28.
Record the quotient 6 as the next digit in the result. 
Result so far: 4237.66
Deduct 252 from 280 and we're left with 28.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 280, and continue the process.

Our division results in 4237.66 with a remaining 0.028.