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  2. Multiplication - Wikipedia

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    Area of a cloth 4.5m × 2.5m = 11.25m 2; 4 ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ × 2 ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ = 11 ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol , by the mid-line dot operator ⋅ , by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk * ) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition ...

  3. Multiplicative inverse - Wikipedia

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    Multiplying by a number is the same as dividing by its reciprocal and vice versa. For example, multiplication by 4/5 (or 0.8) will give the same result as division by 5/4 (or 1.25). Therefore, multiplication by a number followed by multiplication by its reciprocal yields the original number (since the product of the number and its reciprocal is 1).

  4. Order of operations - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Thus, in the expression 1 + 2 × 3, the multiplication is performed before addition, and the expression has the value 1 + (2 × 3) = 7, and not (1 + 2) × 3 = 9. When exponents were introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries, they were given precedence over both addition and multiplication and placed as a superscript to the right of ...

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    1. Denotes addition and is read as plus; for example, 3 + 2. 2. Denotes that a number is positive and is read as plus. Redundant, but sometimes used for emphasizing that a number is positive, specially when other numbers in the context are or may be negative; for example, +2. 3.

  6. Field (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For q = 2 2 = 4, it can be checked case by case using the above multiplication table that all four elements of F 4 satisfy the equation x 4 = x, so they are zeros of f. By contrast, in F 2, f has only two zeros (namely 0 and 1), so f does not split into linear factors in this smaller field.

  7. Algebraic expression - Wikipedia

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    A rational algebraic expression (or rational expression) is an algebraic expression that can be written as a quotient of polynomials, such as x 2 + 4x + 4. An irrational algebraic expression is one that is not rational, such as √ x + 4.

  8. Product (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a product is the result of multiplication, or an expression that identifies objects (numbers or variables) to be multiplied, called factors.For example, 21 is the product of 3 and 7 (the result of multiplication), and (+) is the product of and (+) (indicating that the two factors should be multiplied together).

  9. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical constant is a key number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]