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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My colleague Julia Wick once did the arithmetic and calculated that these 14 acres represent less than one-thousandth of what the Valley possessed at its peak.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
Eleven volunteers who were unfamiliar to the dogs were put through a stress test involving public speaking and arithmetic while samples of their underarm sweat were gathered on pieces of cloth.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
Language models have learned to do surprising things that even those who trained them did not anticipate, including unscrambling words, performing eight-digit arithmetic, and solving mathematical word problems.
—Josh A. Goldstein, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2023
To see why this handout is outrageous (like so many before it), a little tax arithmetic is unavoidable.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
Eleven volunteers who were unfamiliar to the dogs were put through a stress test involving public speaking and arithmetic while samples of their underarm sweat were gathered on pieces of cloth.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
Language models have learned to do surprising things that even those who trained them did not anticipate, including unscrambling words, performing eight-digit arithmetic, and solving mathematical word problems.
—Josh A. Goldstein, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2023
To see why this handout is outrageous (like so many before it), a little tax arithmetic is unavoidable.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Arithmetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arithmetic. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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