as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
I haven't actually done the arithmetic yet, but I suspect we're losing money on the deal
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Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Our schools are in desperate need of a reset back to focusing on reading, writing, and arithmetic leaving all the social ideologies to be handled at home by the parents.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
So tariff revenue will not be as high as our initial arithmetic shows, but the loss of consumer welfare will be in the ballpark of that initial figure.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Expanding that field into the new 12-team iteration changes that often-infuriating arithmetic that left deserving teams like Florida State last season, Texas A&M in 2020, UCF in 2017 and Baylor and TCU in 2014 cursing the way college football crowned a champion.
—David Ubben, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Our schools are in desperate need of a reset back to focusing on reading, writing, and arithmetic leaving all the social ideologies to be handled at home by the parents.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
So tariff revenue will not be as high as our initial arithmetic shows, but the loss of consumer welfare will be in the ballpark of that initial figure.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Expanding that field into the new 12-team iteration changes that often-infuriating arithmetic that left deserving teams like Florida State last season, Texas A&M in 2020, UCF in 2017 and Baylor and TCU in 2014 cursing the way college football crowned a champion.
—David Ubben, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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“Arithmetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arithmetic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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