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  2. Long division - Wikipedia

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    If necessary, simplify the long division problem by moving the decimals of the divisor and dividend by the same number of decimal places, to the right (or to the left), so that the decimal of the divisor is to the right of the last digit. When doing long division, keep the numbers lined up straight from top to bottom under the tableau.

  3. Myriad - Wikipedia

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    The myriagramme (10 kg) was a French approximation of the avoirdupois quartier of 25 pounds (11 kg) and the myriaton appears in Isaac Asimov's Foundation novel trilogy. In modern Greek , the word "myriad" is rarely used to denote 10,000, but a million is ekatommyrio ( εκατομμύριο , lit. 'hundred myriad') and a thousand million is ...

  4. English numerals - Wikipedia

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    So too are the thousands, with the number of thousands followed by the word "thousand". The number one thousand may be written 1 000 or 1000 or 1,000; larger numbers are written for example 10 000 or 10,000 for ease of reading. European languages that use the comma as a decimal separator may correspondingly use the period as a thousands separator.

  5. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For division to always yield one number rather than an integer quotient plus a remainder, the natural numbers must be extended to rational numbers or real numbers. In these enlarged number systems, division is the inverse operation to multiplication, that is a = c / b means a × b = c, as long as b is not zero.

  6. What Is the Longest Word in English? Hint: It’s 189,819 ...

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    So, if this is the sort of distinction you care about, we’ve got some more brain food for you: With 645 meanings, the most complicated word in English is only three letters long. Sources:

  7. 10,000 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    10,000 is the natural number following 9,999 and preceding 10,001. 10000 may also refer to: 10,000 AD, the last year in the 10th millennium and 100th century, a century leap year starting on Saturday; Myriad; Ten Thousand, a group of Greek mercenary units; LNER Class W1, a famous experimental steam locomotive in the United Kingdom

  8. Divisibility rule - Wikipedia

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    If the last digit in the number is 5, then the result will be the remaining digits multiplied by two, plus one. For example, the number 125 ends in a 5, so take the remaining digits (12), multiply them by two (12 × 2 = 24), then add one (24 + 1 = 25). The result is the same as the result of 125 divided by 5 (125/5=25). Example. If the last ...

  9. Ten Thousand - Wikipedia

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    Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire.The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green.. The Ten Thousand (Ancient Greek: οἱ Μύριοι, hoi Myrioi) were a force of mercenary units, mainly Greeks, employed by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II.