arithmetic
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You can do the arithmetic: about 20 curves per mile, speed limit 15 mph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
It is being forced to, the way a homeowner under water on his mortgage does not so much decide to sell as get evicted by the arithmetic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The question is whether patriotic austerity can substitute for the harsher arithmetic of markets.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
According to a biography of Woods published in 1887, he attended school until about the age of 10, learning basic reading, writing and arithmetic, before leaving to apprentice in blacksmithing and machining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Maybe she already knew about the cost of one of Madam Lucille’s readings—at ten dollars per session and two of us needing our futures revealed, well, that wasn’t difficult arithmetic.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Hart, John S. (John Seely)
SEE BRUECKNER, LEO J. The new curriculum arithmetics.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
To meet the varying needs of teachers these arithmetics are now issued in two editions—a two-book series and a three-book series.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
SEE BRUECKNER, LEO J. The new triangle arithmetics.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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