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 Algorithm

Algorithm
An Algorithm is a step-by-step solution to a problem.

It is like a cooking recipe for mathematics.

Example: one algorithm for adding two digit numbers is "add the units, add the tens and combine the answers"

Long Division is another example of an algorithm: if you follow the steps you get the answer.

"Algorithm" is named after the 9th century Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi.

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