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RIC-1069 Maths terms and tables

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List of mathematical <strong>terms</strong><br />

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Leap year<br />

A year with 366 days <strong>and</strong> normally occurring every four years; i.e. 2008,<br />

2012, 2016, … are leap years (the extra day being February 29). [Note that<br />

century years must be divisible by 400 to be leap years, so that 2000 was a<br />

leap year but 2100 will not be a leap year; see p. 110.]<br />

Length<br />

The measure of a path or object in one<br />

dimension from end to end.<br />

e.g.<br />

The length of this page from top<br />

to bottom is about 24 cm.<br />

Less than (

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