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Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Define ADDITION, MULTIPLICATION, SUBTRACTION, DIVISION, by their real definitions?

not the definitions we all know

Update:

draconian math. the asnwer i was lokking for. just as my parents were saying in another language

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Addition - the process of uniting two or more numbers into one sum, represented by the symbol +.

    Subtraction - the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (−).

    Multiplication - any generalization of this operation applicable to numbers other than integers, as fractions or irrational numbers.

    Division - the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Definition Of Subtraction

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Define Addition

  • 5 years ago

    define addition multiplication subtraction division real definitions

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

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    Define ADDITION, MULTIPLICATION, SUBTRACTION, DIVISION, by their real definitions?

    not the definitions we all know

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ADDITION=The process of summing up numbers to get a total

    SUBTRACTION=To take away one number from another to find the difference

    MULTIPLICATION=Adding a number to itself a certain number of times

    DIVISION=The act of separating into parts

    Is this what you mean?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    The quote below from what you've written gives a clear and concise answer. It's the part you should focus on. "If a/0 = c, then a = 0*c. But 0*c = 0. Hence, if a is not equal to 0, no value of c can make the statment a = 0*c true, while if a = 0, every value of c will make the statement true."

  • goober
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think the definitions are all different depending on the kind of numbers that are operated on (natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers) but I don't remember any of those obscure definitions. I find that the every day ones work just fine for me.

  • ted s
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    go to wikipedia and type in ...field ( mathematics)....to see the correct definitions of addition and multiplication...a group of axioms and objects...and note that " subtraction and division " are really additions and multiplications by " inverses"

  • 1 decade ago

    What are the definitions we all know?

    This is so I would not repeat it when I answer you.

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