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. Multiplicati...

Apr 21, 2015 · Explore related questions arithmetic factorial See similar questions with these tags.

Aug 27, 2014 · Tex goes between single or double dollar signs. \sqrt for square root, \frac or \dfrac for fractions. Anything longer than one character for formatted input goes in curly brackets {}. For …

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 $2/3$ by $7$ or …

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 know the an...

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 ...

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 the same, …

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 application-dependent!

May 16, 2013 · It is still unclear whether you are looking for a trick, a formula, an algorithm, or a mathematical definition, so I will provide all four. Trick: Probably the easiest way to do this by hand is …

Apr 13, 2012 · Are there some good overviews of basic formulas about addition, multiplication and exponentiation of cardinals (preferably available online)?