arithmetic
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Other Words from arithmetic
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calculation, calculus, ciphering, computation, figures, figuring, math, mathematics, number crunching, numbers, reckoning
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In Italy’s relatively complicated political system, this sort of parliamentary arithmetic is a persistent problem. — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, "Why Italian governments so often end in collapse," 20 Aug. 2019 The candidates were required to sit five papers in English, arithmetic, and general knowledge, over nine hours in total, on Aug. 28 and 29, 1919, and were expressly forbidden from trying to bring any undue influence to bear on the results: Warning. — Hedley Sutton, Quartz India, "What the British Indian police exams looked like a century ago," 19 Aug. 2019 Those who worked out at the gym this week seemed to be engrossed in a complicated moral arithmetic. — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, "Equinox Members Take a Stand Against Trump (Sort of)," 9 Aug. 2019 Simple arithmetic suggests some candidates will be left out. — Los Angeles Times, "What time is the July Democratic presidential debate this week and who will be on stage?," 29 July 2019 Although the math is just basic arithmetic, many of us assume the final number will be far smaller, a blind spot known as exponential-growth bias. — Shlomo Benartzi, WSJ, "If You Don’t Save Enough, Perhaps You Have ‘Exponential Growth Bias’," 16 June 2019 In the mid-1980s, some Texas school districts were so underfunded, their high schools offered four years of basic arithmetic — and no algebra or geometry, Cole said. — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, "Ross Perot’s impact on Texas education went far beyond no-pass, no-play to complete school overhaul," 9 July 2019 At home, the parliamentary arithmetic is unforgiving. — Boris Johnson, The Economist, "Boris Johnson, illusionist," 4 July 2019 Or, put another way, the arithmetic of the real numbers never yields a number outside the real numbers. — Quanta Magazine, "Smaller Is Better: Why Finite Number Systems Pack More Punch," 11 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'arithmetic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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