How to Use calculate in a Sentence

calculate

verb

• We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.
• I need to calculate how long it will take me to drive to Chicago.
• We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
• Biology students could learn why mold forms, and math students could calculate how to expand or reduce recipes.
  — Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
• When multiplied by the local tax levy, assessments are used to help calculate a homeowner's property tax bill.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• Wallace said the annual cost of the starvation crisis is difficult to calculate even as an estimate.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
• When people complained that using home values to calculate grants would help some people more than others, officials argued that pre-storm value had been part of the formula from the start.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2022
• These two scoring models calculate credit scores differently, with differing scoring ranges.
  — Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
• There's a ton of number crunching Indianapolis Colts fans can do to calculate all the ways the team can make it to the postseason for the first time since 2020.
  — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
• First, calculate the weight of your kayak and gear and compare it to the weight limit of the roof rack.
  — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
• To learn how to calculate whether a live show will be in profit or be a loss.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
• The reward will be calculated based on the amount of gold found and its value, Oehrl said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• The ministry uses the Urals price to calculate its tax take from oil exports.
  — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• That’s because a closed account impacts two of the factors used to calculate the score.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• To calculate watt hours, multiply the volts (V) by the ampere hours (Ah).
  — Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
• And the state has a say in how those three-year update numbers get calculated.
  — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
• As for how your moon sign is calculated, Edut explains that your moon sign is a result of where the moon was in the sky when you were born.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
• It was calculated at 467 feet, tied for the fifth longest homer in the majors this season.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
• Here's a breakdown to understand the records and how they're calculated and set.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
• Every move and hit has to be calculated to give the team an advantage.
  — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• To calculate this, the researchers analyzed state-by-state data on live births and deaths.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
• The philosopher typed in a program to calculate the 83rd number in the Fibonacci sequence.
  — George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
• Thankfully, your sun sign should be easy to calculate: just take a look at the dates for each sun sign, and figure out where your birthday falls.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
• Import recipes from other websites, and the app will calculate the calories.
  — Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2023
• The way that works is the lender calculates interest based on the amount of your loan balance on the due date for a particular payment.
  — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
• The effect of any of these factors, much less the interplay between them, within any unique body and mind is hard to calculate.
  — Mark Hay, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
• The total weight of all donations will be calculated at the end of the fair, with first, second, third place and cash prizes awarded to the fairs that collect the most food at the end of the summer.
  — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
• This Barbie will ask you when and where you were born and calculate your astrological Big Three on the first date.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
• True costs are impossible to calculate, even beyond the 2,000 or more who have died.
  — John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• Then, that data was used to set personalized goals, calculate PowerZone metrics and recommend specific classes.
  — Andrew Schultz, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025