Addition
Add the column from top to bottom. Write the answer. Check by adding the column from bottom to top.
Subtraction
Add the answer or remainder to the subtrahend. The result should equal the minuend.
Operation: Check:
86 minuend 68 remainder
- 18 subtrahend + 18 subtrahend
68 remainder 86 minuend
Multiplication
Multiply the multiplicand by the multiplier. Then make the multiplicand the multiplier and the multiplier the multiplicand, and multiply.
Operation: Check:
85 multiplicand 15 multiplicand
x 15 multiplier x 85 multiplier
425 75
85 120
1275 product 1275 product
A second check is to divide the product by the multiplier. The answer should be the multiplicand. Or divide the product by the multiplicand and the answer should be the multiplier.
Check:
85 multiplicand
multiplier 15 √ 1275 product
120
75
15 multiplier
multiplicand 85√ 1275 product
85
425
425
Division
Multiply the answer or quotient by the divisor. The product should equal the dividend.
Operation:
416⅔ quotient
divisor 18√ 7500 dividend
72
30
18
120
108
12
18 = ⅔
Check:
18 divisor
3√ 36
12
3328
416
7500 dividend
(Author's Note: It's hard to type math equations/ operations here since I don't just copy paste it. But it's worth it so that people will have learning and know this.)
The devices and examples are from Webster Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary © All rights reserved.
Checked by: Prof. Crisencio M. Paner, our Business Math profes...
thanks bianca! i learned a lotand it made me remember the saying "never forget the basic."
ReplyDeleteOooh, reminds me the first time I learned about math during my primary school days. Hehe, thanks for this reminder!
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