cast out nines

English

Verb

cast out nines (third-person singular simple present casts out nines, present participle casting out nines, simple past and past participle cast out nines)

1. (arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of these specific integer combinations.

Translations

verification of an arithmetic operation

• Catalan: prova del nou (ca) f
• Dutch: negenproef (nl)
• French: preuve par neuf (fr) f
• German: Neunerprobe (de) f

• Italian: prova del nove (it) f
• Portuguese: prova dos nove (pt) f, noves fora (pt)
• Spanish: prueba del nueve (es) f

See also

• Casting out nines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Casting out nines