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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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