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Could the first mechanical calculator add subtract mulitply and divide?
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∙ 15y ago
No, the very first mechanical calculators could only add and subtract. The first mechanical calculators were invented in 1623 by Wilhelm Schickard, followed by the Pascaline, invented in 1645 by Blaise Pascal.
However, calculators that could multiply and divide were in use by the 19th century.
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What does Leibniz's Calculator do?
it can multiply,divide,add and subtract.
How was the Leibniz calculator different from the pascaline?
Leibniz's calculator could multiply and divide as well as add and subtract. The pascaline calculator could only add and subtract.
Who invented the calculator that could add subtract and divide?
Pascal
What is the object used for math to divide add and subtract?
calculator
How is a present day calculator different from the Leibniz calculator?
Leibniz's calculator could multiply and divide as well as add and subtract. The pascaline calculator could only add and subtract.
How is the Leibniz calculator different from the modren calculator?
Leibniz's calculator could multiply and divide as well as add and subtract. The pascaline calculator could only add and subtract.
What is important to know in 7th grade math?
How to add, subtract, multiply and divide WITHOUT a calculator.
What is a calculator used for?
It is an item used for adding, dividing, multiplying and minus numbers. So you don't really have to do it in your head.the calcutator is used to add, subtract, divide and mulitply numbersCalculator is of course used to calculate mathematical operations like subtraction, addition, multiplication, division and others that human being will have difficulty to do.
How do you make six multiplied by six subtract one and divide by three equal ten?
buy a calculator stupid!
How can a GUI of a program to add subtract multiply and divide the two numbers look like?
Take a look at the Windows Calculator.
How do you calculate two thirds of an amount?
Mulitply by 2 and then divide by 3 (or divide by 3 and then multiply by 2).
What is Leibnitz Calculator?
Finally completed in 1694 the Leibnitz calculator can add,subtract,multiply, and divide numbers. The stepped drum principle of Gottfried Leibnitz's invention survived for 300 years.
