arithmetic
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Makers of personal computers face the same arithmetic, though not all are equally exposed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The question is whether patriotic austerity can substitute for the harsher arithmetic of markets.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
If Powell stays, that arithmetic becomes even harder, and it could stiffen the resolve of other governors whose terms run beyond Powell’s, said Wilcox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
The arithmetic that made counterdrone technology urgent is embarrassingly simple.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Dorothy updated her classes with a unit called Wartime Mathematics, teaching students to apply arithmetic operations to household budgeting and wartime ration books and updating classic word problems with airplanes instead of cars.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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