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Finding smaller pieces of a number
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Ages 7–9Al-Kashi worked on numerical calculation, including methods for finding roots.
He helped develop the use of decimal fractions.
His work used decimal fractions to approximate numbers, including pi.
Al-Kashi gave an algorithm for calculating nth roots: a sequence of steps for finding a numerical result.
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When would a more precise measurement be useful?
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