Methods of numerical approximation existed, called prosthaphaeresis, that offered shortcuts around time-consuming operations such as multiplication and taking powers and roots.
Ilanti təmusnawen ən zahazan ən numérique, asitawana ɗrosthaɗhaeresis, ta hakat tabaraten gazolnen fal aɣalay ən əšiɣilan ən chronofage Atamosnen asinimiƭif əd adakal ən azaway əd azaran.