descomponer un numero
English translation: to break a number down (into factors, etc.)
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| 4 +4 | to break a number down (into factors, etc.) |
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peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4to break a number down (into factors, etc.) Explanation: Hola Telperie, Una posibilidad que ofrece el Diccionario Simon & Schuster's. Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2006-01-20 10:11:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- descomponer 6. (math.) to break (a number) down (into factors, etc.) Simon & Schuster\'s International Dictionary© Ejemplos: 1.) \"...A factor tree is a way to ***break down a number*** into its prime factors. The idea is to think of two numbers that multiply to give you the number you are starting with. Then break down each of those numbers into two factors and so on. When you get to a number that doesn\'t factor into anything simpler, that number is prime. All the numbers you end with are the original number\'s prime factors. ...\" http://www.gomath.com/Questions/question.php?question=4991 2.) \"...The numbers we multiply together are called factors - if you factorise all you do is ***break a number down*** into other numbers which can be multiplied together to give that number. ...\" http://www.easymaths.com/Numbers_Behaving_Badly.htm |
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