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  2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    A mixed number (also called a mixed fraction or mixed numeral) is the sum of a non-zero integer and a proper fraction, conventionally written by juxtaposition (or concatenation) of the two parts, without the use of an intermediate plus (+) or minus (−) sign. When the fraction is written horizontally, a space is added between the integer and ...

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    Teahouse – Ask basic questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics. Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.

  4. Bakhshali manuscript - Wikipedia

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    The Bakhshali manuscript is an ancient Indian mathematical text written on birch bark that was found in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali, Mardan (near Peshawar in present-day Pakistan, historical Gandhara).

  5. Vedic Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The book has been included in the school syllabus of the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a right-wing nationalist political party, came to power and remade the education system to emphasize historically dubious notions like that that Vedic Mathematics represented a genuinely ...

  6. List of books banned in India - Wikipedia

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    The book is a fictionalized and humorous account of Indian bureaucracy and economic policies. [19] 1960 The Lotus and the Robot: Arthur Koestler: This book contains the author's experiences in India and Japan. The book was highly critical of the cultures of both nations. [20] The book was banned for its negative portrayal of Gandhi. [21] 1962

  7. Laudanum - Wikipedia

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    The treatise is a detailed, balanced and valuable guide to prevailing knowledge and practice. [3] [10] As it gained popularity, opium, and after 1820, morphine, was mixed with a wide variety of agents, drugs and chemicals including mercury, hashish, cayenne pepper, ether, chloroform, belladonna, whiskey, wine and brandy." [4]: 104

  8. Political corruption - Wikipedia

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    Deeper questions and theories of whistleblowing and why people choose to do so can be studied through an ethical approach. Whistleblowing is a topic of ongoing ethical debate. Leading arguments in the ideological camp that whistleblowing is ethical to maintain that whistleblowing is a form of civil disobedience, and aims to protect the public ...

  9. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    In English, objects and complements nearly always come after the verb; a direct object precedes other complements such as prepositional phrases, but if there is an indirect object as well, expressed without a preposition, then that precedes the direct object: give me the book, but give the book to me.