arithmetic
Example Sentences
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Rivian’s decision to take on the risk of a ballot measure—and nearly $5 million of expenses—was a matter of arithmetic, said Alan Hoffman, Rivian’s policy chief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The basic arithmetic itself is subject to cavils resulting from the murkiness of some of the cost calculations and projections.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
So while the timeline of the conflict is uncertain, “the arithmetic is not” and “barrel math sets the price.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
In financial market arithmetic, a higher risk-free interest rate lowers the present value of future profits, the most basic component of stock prices, and holds down gains for broader indexes as a result.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Sometimes he made me do my arithmetic homework in binary numbers because he said I needed to be challenged.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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