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Computations with approximate numbers1

Author:
D. B. Delury Ontario Research Foundation, Ontario, Canada.

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 51: Issue 7
Page(s):
521–530
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MT.51.7.0521
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Contrary to present practices in the schools, there are no simple answers and no general rules for computing with approximate numbers.

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1 An address delivered at the 1958 Annual Easter Meeting of the Mathematics and Physics Section of the Ontario Education Association. It is being reprinted with the permission of the Canadian School.

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Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 1958
Page Count:
10
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Nov 1958
Online Publication Date:
Nov 1958
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