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operations

• mathematical procedures or processes
used to work something out.

EXAMPLES:
operations
common operations

Addition (+)
augend + addend = sum

Subtraction (−)
minuend − subtrahend = difference

Multiplication (×)
multiplicand × multiplier = product

Division (÷)
dividend ÷ divisor = quotient

Exponentiation
baseexponent = power

nth root (√)
degree√radicand = root

Logarithm
logbasepower = exponent

Note: Due to the commutative property of addition,
use of the word ”augend" for the first term in addition is rarely used today,
and both terms are usually called addends.



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