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  2. Elementary arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    This is known as the commutative property of addition. (a + b) and (b + a) produce the same output. [7] [8] The sum of two numbers is unique; there is only one correct answer for a sums. [8] When the sum of a pair of digits results in a two-digit number, the "tens" digit is referred to as the "carry digit". [9]

  3. Hindustani numerals - Wikipedia

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    Like many Indo-Aryan languages, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) has a decimal numeral system that is contracted to the extent that nearly every number 1–99 is irregular, and needs to be memorized as a separate numeral.

  4. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A-plusses, if given, are usually assigned a value of 4.0 (equivalent to an A) due to the common assumption that a 4.00 is the best possible grade-point average, although 4.33 is awarded at some institutions. In some places, .25 or .3 instead of .33 is added for a plus grade and subtracted for a minus grade.

  5. Decimal separator - Wikipedia

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    Digit group separators can occur either as part of the data or as a mask through which the data is displayed. This is an example of the separation of presentation and content , making it possible to display numbers with spaced digit grouping in a way that does not insert any whitespace characters into the string of digits in the content .

  6. Arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    If this number is truncated to 4 decimal places, the result is 3.141. Rounding is a similar process in which the last preserved digit is increased by one if the next digit is 5 or greater but remains the same if the next digit is less than 5, so that the rounded number is the best approximation of a given precision for the original number.

  7. Carry (arithmetic) - Wikipedia

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    A typical example of carry is in the following pencil-and-paper addition: 1 27 + 59 ---- 86 7 + 9 = 16, and the digit 1 is the carry. The opposite is a borrow, as in −1 47 − 19 ---- 28 Here, 7 − 9 = −2, so try (10 − 9) + 7 = 8, and the 10 is got by taking ("borrowing") 1 from the next digit to the left. There are two ways in which ...

  8. Arabic numerals - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the system could handle larger numbers, did not require a separate reckoning tool, and allowed the user to check their work without repeating the entire procedure. Late medieval Italian merchants did not stop using Roman numerals or other reckoning tools: instead, Arabic numerals were adopted for use in addition to their ...

  9. Numeral system - Wikipedia

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    A digit (in a given position in the number) that is lower than its corresponding threshold value means that it is the most-significant digit, hence in the string this is the end of the number, and the next symbol (if present) is the least-significant digit of the next number.