TITLE:
The Cumulative Method for Multiplication and Division
AUTHORS:
Muna Mohammed Hammuda
KEYWORDS:
Multiplication and Division, Cumulative Method, Repeated Process, Decimal Numbers
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.15 No.5,
May
27,
2024
ABSTRACT: This paper provides a method of the process of computation called the cumulative method, it is based upon repeated cumulative process. The cumulative method is being adapted to the purposes of computation, particularly multiplication and division. The operations of multiplication and division are represented by algebraic formulas. An advantage of the method is that the cumulative process can be performed on decimal numbers. The present paper aims to establish a basic and useful formula valid for the two fundamental arithmetic operations of multiplication and division. The new cumulative method proved to be more flexible and made it possible to extend the multiplication and division based on repeated addition/subtraction to decimal numbers.