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Noun
1. casting out ninesMathematics
Wikipedia definition
2. Casting out ninesCasting out nines is a sanity check to ensure that hand computations of sums, differences, products, and quotients of integers are correct. By looking at the digital roots of the inputs and outputs, the casting-out-nines method can help one check arithmetic calculations. The method is so simple that most schoolchildren can apply it without understanding its mathematical underpinnings.
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九去法 【くきょほう】

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