arithmetic
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It is remarkably fast, and by its maker’s arithmetic, cheap to run.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
For the businesses that supply props, artwork and other services, the arithmetic is simpler: Any shoot is better than none.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Add a 3% real interest rate to roughly 7% inflation generated by rapid wage growth and the arithmetic becomes uncomfortable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many competitive colleges that dropped the SAT or ACT have restored it because too many incoming students can’t do basic arithmetic or read any but the simplest texts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“And while you were quick-thinking on the fortune-teller case and I have observed you are a strong reader, your grammar and arithmetic skills leave much to be desired.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.
From Time Magazine Archive
Damp smelling books were here and there among the ruins, histories, arithmetics, algebras and grammars.
From Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Many of the early arithmetics were prepared after the catechism plan.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
The Armenians were found to be well supplied with spelling-books, reading-books, arithmetics, and grammars in the modern language, also with works on geometry and trigonometry.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. by Rufus Anderson
The common weights and measures are as necessary in the school-room as are spelling-books and arithmetics.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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