as in arithmetic
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
I did the math, and we can't afford to keep spending like this
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Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite the decline in reading, there was some recovery in math in 2024, but the increase has not returned students to pre-pandemic levels.
And NCES also found nearly one third of U.S. students ended the 2023-2024 school year behind grade level in at least one academic subject.
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There, a cohort of students jumped from the 31st to 84th percentile in math in just a year.
—Rachel Curry, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Despite the decline in reading, there was some recovery in math in 2024, but the increase has not returned students to pre-pandemic levels.
And NCES also found nearly one third of U.S. students ended the 2023-2024 school year behind grade level in at least one academic subject.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Of course, artists such as Mondrian and Klimt would likely not have been aware of fractals, or the math that underpins them, but perhaps had an innate understanding of the subtle proportions all trees share, according to the researchers.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
There, a cohort of students jumped from the 31st to 84th percentile in math in just a year.
—Rachel Curry, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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