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  2. Prosthaphaeresis - Wikipedia

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    Astronomers had to make thousands of such calculations, and because the best method of multiplication available was long multiplication, most of this time was spent taxingly multiplying out products. Mathematicians, particularly those who were also astronomers, were looking for an easier way, and trigonometry was one of the most advanced and ...

  3. Adding machine - Wikipedia

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    Some "ten-key" machines had input of numbers as on a modern calculator – 30.72 was input as 3, 0, 7, 2. These machines could subtract as well as add. Some could multiply and divide, although including these operations made the machine more complex. Those that could multiply, used a form of the old adding machine multiplication method.

  4. Napier's bones - Wikipedia

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    The second example computes 6785 × 8. Like Example 1, the corresponding bones to the biggest number are placed in the board. For this example, bones 6, 7, 8, and 5 were placed in the proper order as shown below. First step of solving 6785 × 8. In the first column, the number by which the biggest number is multiplied by is located.

  5. 10 Hard Math Problems That Even the Smartest People in the ...

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    Despite the greatest strides in mathematics, these hard math problems remain unsolved. Take a crack at them yourself. ... Like how 3+5 is the only way to break 8 into two primes, but 42 can broken ...

  6. Calculator input methods - Wikipedia

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    4 − 5 × 6: The multiplication must be done first, and the formula has to be rearranged and calculated as −5 × 6 + 4. So ± and addition have to be used rather than subtraction. When + is pressed, the multiplication is performed. 4 × (5 + 6): The addition must be done first, so the calculation carried out is (5 + 6) × 4.

  7. Carmichael's totient function conjecture - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the totient is equal to 4 when n is one of the four values 5, 8, 10, and 12, and it is equal to 6 when n is one of the four values 7, 9, 14, and 18. In each case, there is more than one value of n having the same value of φ(n).

  8. Multiplication table - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a multiplication table (sometimes, less formally, a times table) is a mathematical table used to define a multiplication operation for an algebraic system. The decimal multiplication table was traditionally taught as an essential part of elementary arithmetic around the world, as it lays the foundation for arithmetic operations ...

  9. Grid method multiplication - Wikipedia

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    The grid method (also known as the box method) of multiplication is an introductory approach to multi-digit multiplication calculations that involve numbers larger than ten. Because it is often taught in mathematics education at the level of primary school or elementary school , this algorithm is sometimes called the grammar school method.