arithmetic
Example Sentences
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I was surprised to see that it made a simple arithmetic error early on, keeping more of my portfolio in cash than I had requested.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
That is for 8 May and beyond, when the votes have been counted and the parliamentary arithmetic reveals who is best placed to take charge of the Scottish government for the next five years.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The arithmetic that made counterdrone technology urgent is embarrassingly simple.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The arithmetic that made counterdrone technology urgent is embarrassingly simple.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Grandpa knew that I wasn’t too good with figures, and he was all the time making up some kind of an old arithmetic problem for me to work on.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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