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  2. Calendrical calculation - Wikipedia

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    The following algorithm gives the number of days (d) in month m of year y. The value of m is given on the right of the month in the following list: January 11 February 12 March 1 April 2 May 3 June 4 July 5 August 6 September 7 October 8 November 9 December 10.

  3. Calculator input methods - Wikipedia

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    On a single-step or immediate-execution calculator, the user presses a key for each operation, calculating all the intermediate results, before the final value is shown. [1] [2] [3] On an expression or formula calculator, one types in an expression and then presses a key, such as "=" or "Enter", to evaluate the expression.

  4. 360-day calendar - Wikipedia

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    The 360-day calendar is a method of measuring durations used in financial markets, in computer models, in ancient literature, and in prophetic literary genres.. It is based on merging the three major calendar systems into one complex clock [citation needed], with the 360-day year derived from the average year of the lunar and the solar: (365.2425 (solar) + 354.3829 (lunar))/2 = 719.6254/2 ...

  5. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    An increase of $0.15 on a price of $2.50 is an increase by a fraction of ⁠ 0.15 / 2.50 ⁠ = 0.06. Expressed as a percentage, this is a 6% increase. While many percentage values are between 0 and 100, there is no mathematical restriction and percentages may take on other values. [4]

  6. Doomsday rule - Wikipedia

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    For the months April through December, the even numbered months are covered by the double dates 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, and 12/12, all of which fall on the doomsday. The odd numbered months can be remembered with the mnemonic "I work from 9 to 5 at the 7-11 ", i.e., 9/5, 7/11, and also 5/9 and 11/7, are all doomsdays (this is true for both the ...

  7. Day count convention - Wikipedia

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    The Actual/360 method calls for the borrower for the actual number of days in a month. This effectively means that the borrower is paying interest for 5 or 6 additional days a year as compared to the 30/360 day count convention. Spreads and rates on Actual/360 transactions are typically lower, e.g., 9 basis points.

  8. Odds - Wikipedia

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    In a 3-horse race, for example, the true probabilities of each of the horses winning based on their relative abilities may be 50%, 40% and 10%. The total of these three percentages is 100%, thus representing a fair 'book'. The true odds against winning for each of the three horses are 1–1, 32 and 9–1, respectively.

  9. Mental calculation - Wikipedia

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    (50 − n) 2 + 100(n − 25) In other words, the square of a number is the square of its difference from fifty added to one hundred times the difference of the number and twenty five. For example, to square 62: (−12) 2 + [(62-25) × 100] = 144 + 3,700 = 3,844