calculation
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At ProjectionLab and MaxiFi, the toggles for this kind of doomsday calculation are part of their regular inputs for your Social Security primary insurance amount, or PIA.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Whether that calculation proves correct remains to be seen.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
So with the average cost of raising a single child costing more and more, young people make a reasonable calculation on how many children are worth having.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
No, the analogy can’t take us that far; there are no ingredients here, just a calculation you could, in principle, do by hand.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
By her face, Jonah thought he could practically see the calculation going on in Mom’s head: Goodness, there couldn’t be anything romantic going on between those two, could there?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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