I'm trying to mentally summarize the names of the operands for basic operations. I've got this so far: Addition: Augend + Addend = Sum. Subtraction: Minuend - Subtrahend = Difference. …

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May 12, 2015 · It's come to my attention that I don't actually understand what a square root really is (the operation). The only way I know of to take square roots (or nth root, for that matter) it to …

Aug 25, 2012 · We can multiply $a$ and $n$ by adding $a$ a total of $n$ times. $$ n \\times a = a + a + a + \\cdots +a$$ Can we define division similarly using only addition or ...

Oct 20, 2018 · I was confused a bit with a little arithmetic here. For instance $1÷1÷2$ and $2÷3÷7$. BODMAS isn't effective in this case. My question is this: $2÷3÷7$ Am I to divide …

Yonatan: Most of the disagreement anyway is how to handle the case when the digit after the rounding digit is a 5; for the other digits, all seem to be in agreement. I guess the rules are …

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Sep 14, 2011 · If multiplication is not repeated addition, what is it? How do you define multiplication? All of us had to memorize the multiplication table in elementary school, but how …

Jan 13, 2023 · In school we were taught that multiplication is "repeated addition." Of course, that idea breaks down when asked to add 4 to itself -3 times. I have the same intuition …

There are two differing conventions on how to handle carry-in/out for subtraction. Intel x86 and M68k use a carry-in as "borrow" (1 means subtract 1 more) and adapt their carry-out to mean …