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Math History

Far more interesting than one might first expect, the history of mathematics is filled with bitter rivalries, political machinations, and incredible innovations by some of the most amazing minds in history. Post all questions concerning individual mathematicians, the development of mathematical theories, and the sociological impact that resulted into this category.

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Is 42 A Multiple Of 2?

Yes Because 46 is a even number because it has 6 at the back of it.

What is 14000 as a product of primes?

14000 = 14 x 1000 = 2 x 7 x 10 x 100 = 2 x 7 x 2 x 5 x 2 x 50

= 2 x 7 x 2 x 5 x 2 x 2 x 25 = 2 x 7 x 2 x 5 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5

= 24 x 53 x 7

Who extended the use of decimal places in 1585?

decimalsSimon Stevin

Stevin wrote a 36-page booklet called De Thiende ('the art of tenths'), first published in Dutch in 1585 and translated into French as Disme. The full title of the English translation was Decimal arithmetic: Teaching how to perform all computations whatsoever by whole numbers without fractions, by the four principles of common arithmetic: namely, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Why did Fibonacci create the Fibonacci Sequence?

I think Fibonacci wanted to find how many swirls or petals were on a flower ....... most of them are Fibonacci numbers....i think.... doin a projct......= )

How long is 1 metre?

100 centimeter

3.280 839 895 feet

39.370 078 74 inch

0.001 kilometer

0.000 207 123 314 61 league

39 370 078.74 microinch

0.000 621 371 192 24 mile

1 000 millimeter

1.093 613 298 3 yard

What is the largest known number named or called?

It's called a googleplex. Which is 10googol.

A google is 10100

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