Arithmetic

English: Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word ἀριθμός, arithmos "number") is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations.

History

Illustrations

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  1180
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  1200-1210
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  15th century
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  15th century
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  15th century
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  1500-50
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  1500-50
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  1504
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  1508
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  1543
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  1630-55
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  1650
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  1661
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  1724
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  1740

Sculptures

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  1275
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  1895

Books

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  15th century
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  1544
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  1621
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  1729
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  1758
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  1759
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  1835
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  1914

Filippo Calandri. Trattato di Arithmetica. Florence 1491-92

See also Trattato di arithmetica

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Tools

See also Abacus

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  Ishango bone
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  Leibniz binary system, 1697
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  1702
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  1706
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  Memorization multiplication table

Applications

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  1540
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  1541
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  1678
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  1694
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  1837-71
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  1861
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  1892
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  1950
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  2010

See also

• Abacus
• History of accountancy
• Liberal arts