We look at the division of 988971 by 6 
Let's see how many times 6 fits into 988971.

On to step 1:
6 goes into 9 1 times with a remainder of 3.
Put 1 as the next digit of the answer. 
Result so far: 1.0
Subtract 6 from 9 to get 3.
Grab the next digit (8) from the dividend, add it to 3, then carry on: 38 / 6

Moving on to step 2:
38 divided by 6 is 6 with a remainder of 2.
Use 6 as the next digit of our solution. 
Result so far: 16.0
The remainder is 2 after subtracting 36 from 38.
Take the next digit (8) from the dividend and append it to 2, then repeat: 28 / 6

Going ahead to step 3:
If we divide 28 by 6, we get 4 and a remainder of 4.
The number 4 becomes the next digit in our result. 
Result so far: 164.0
The remainder is 4 after subtracting 24 from 28.
Grab the next digit (9) from the dividend, add it to 4, then carry on: 49 / 6

Let's proceed to step 4:
6 can be fit into 49 8 times, resulting in a remainder of 1.
Record the quotient 8 as the next digit in the result. 
Result so far: 1648.0
If we take 48 away from 49, we end up with 1.
Fetch the next digit (7) from the dividend, attach it to 1 and continue: 17 / 6

Step 5:
17 divided by 6 is 2 with a remainder of 5.
Write down 2 as next digit of the result. 
Result so far: 16482.0
If we take 12 away from 17, we end up with 5.
Append the next digit (1) from the dividend to 5 and continue with: 51 / 6

Advancing to step 6:
The number 6 fits into 51 8 times, leaving a remainder of 3.
Write down 8 as next digit of the result. 
Result so far: 164828.0
Subtract 48 from 51 to get 3.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 30, and continue the process.

Advancing to step 7:
When dividing 30 by 6, we get 5 with a remainder of 0.
The next digit of our result is 5. 
Result so far: 164828.5
The remainder is 0 after subtracting 30 from 30.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 0, and continue the process.

Moving on to step 8:
If we divide 0 by 6, we get 0 and a remainder of 0.
Put 0 as the next digit of the answer. 
Result so far: 164828.5
The remainder is 0 after subtracting 0 from 0.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 0, and continue the process.

Step 9:
6 goes into 0 0 times with a remainder of 0.
Record the quotient 0 as the next digit in the result. 
Result so far: 164828.5
Subtract 0 from 0 to get 0.
Since there are no more digits in the dividend, we add a zero to the remainder making it 0, and continue the process.

The final result is 164828.5 with a remainder of 0.0.