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Maths Basic Terms
Divide (÷)
Divide 8 by 2.
Ten divided by two is five (10÷2=5)
Equals or Is (=)
Five plus five equals ten (5+5=10)
Three times three is nine (3x3=9)
Percent (%)
Twenty-five percent of eight is two.
The unemployment rate in the USA is six percent.
equations: 6 = −6x + 60; −5z + 9 = −8z + 27
decimals: 0.8; 12.08; 1.389 (tenths; hundredths; thousandths)
decimal point (.)
round down — округлять до меньшего
round up — округлять до большего
fractions: ½; ¼; 2/5; 2 9/10
½ — a half, one half
¼ — a quarter, one quarter; ¾ — three quarters
1/3 — one third
2/5 — two fifths
17/19 — seventeen nineteenths