Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true.. By stepping outside the box of our usual way of thinking about numbers, my colleagues and I have ...

Operands in arithmetic or logical expressions are always text. However, an operand that represents a number can be temporarily converted to a numeric value when an expression is evaluated. By default, ...

Arithmetic operations with rational numbers are far more complex than they are with whole numbers. ... When asked what is meant by the expression 7/4 ÷ 1/2, ...

Barbie caught a lot of flack back in the ’90s for declaring, “Math class is tough!” Today we find ourselves in the disorienting position of defending her. We recently got a note from an ...

Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true. By stepping outside the box of our usual way of thinking about numbers, my colleagues and I ...

When the %SYSEVALF function evaluates arithmetic expressions, it temporarily converts the operands that represent numbers to floating point values. The result of the evaluation can represent a ...

Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true.. By stepping outside the box of our usual way of thinking about numbers, my colleagues and I ...