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The decimal system has only ten distinct symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Mathematics can involve calculation in other bases - one that is not so rare is the hexadecimal system - which is base 16. You need 16 distinct symbols for the hexadecimal system and so you use A, B, C, D, E and F along with the decimal digits.
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What does more mean in a math equation?
The Average. Add up all the numbers and divide by how many numbers there are :)
What is the difference between mental math to add decimals like using mental math to add whole numbers?
No difference. Both require you to think it out rather than write it out.
What do the word mean in math meen?
average: add up the numbers and divide by how many you have
What math property says that you can add up numbers in any order?
the commutative property
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