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  2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    Thus the fraction ⁠ 3 / 4 ⁠ can be used to represent the ratio 3:4 (the ratio of the part to the whole), and the division 3 ÷ 4 (three divided by four). We can also write negative fractions, which represent the opposite of a positive fraction. For example, if ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ represents a half-dollar profit, then − ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ represents ...

  3. Sixth power - Wikipedia

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    64 (2 6) and 729 (3 6) cubelets arranged as cubes ((2 2) 3 and (3 2) 3, respectively) and as squares ((2 3) 2 and (3 3) 2, respectively) In arithmetic and algebra the sixth power of a number n is the result of multiplying six instances of n together. So: n 6 = n × n × n × n × n × n.

  4. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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    Vulgar Fraction Three Fifths 2157 8535 ⅘ 4 ⁄ 5: 0.8 Vulgar Fraction Four Fifths 2158 8536 ⅙ 1 ⁄ 6: 0.166... Vulgar Fraction One Sixth 2159 8537 ⅚ 5 ⁄ 6: 0.833... Vulgar Fraction Five Sixths 215A 8538 ⅛ 1 ⁄ 8: 0.125 Vulgar Fraction One Eighth 215B 8539 ⅜ 3 ⁄ 8: 0.375 Vulgar Fraction Three Eighths 215C 8540 ⅝ 5 ⁄ 8: 0.625 ...

  5. English numerals - Wikipedia

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    99.3 is "ninety-nine point three"; or "ninety-nine and three tenths" (U.S., occasionally). In English the decimal point was originally printed in the center of the line (0·002), but with the advent of the typewriter it was placed at the bottom of the line, so that a single key could be used as a full stop/period and as a decimal point.

  6. Square root of 5 - Wikipedia

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    which can be rounded down to 2.236 to within 99.99% accuracy. The approximation ⁠ 161 / 72 ⁠ (≈ 2.23611) for the square root of five can be used. Despite having a denominator of only 72, it differs from the correct value by less than ⁠ 1 / 10,000 ⁠ (approx. 4.3 × 10 −5). As of January 2022, the numerical value in decimal of the ...

  7. Euclidean division - Wikipedia

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    Euclidean division can also be extended to negative dividend (or negative divisor) using the same formula; for example −9 = 4 × (−3) + 3, which means that −9 divided by 4 is −3 with remainder 3.

  8. Latin numerals - Wikipedia

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    Based on the ordinary ordinals is another series of adjectives: prīmārius 'of the first rank', secundārius 'of the second class, of inferior quality', tertiārius 'containing a third part', quārtārius 'a quarter, fourth part', quīntārius 'containing five parts', 'five-sixths', sextārius 'a one-sixth part of a congius, 'pint', and so on.

  9. Parity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Cuisenaire rods: 5 (yellow) cannot be evenly divided in 2 (red) by any 2 rods of the same color/length, while 6 (dark green) can be evenly divided in 2 by 3 (lime green). In mathematics, parity is the property of an integer of whether it is even or odd. An integer is even if it is divisible by 2, and odd if it is not. [1]