as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he did a little number crunching and made an offer on the house
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The explicit goals of the long term financial plan are revenue sufficiency and rate calculation.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025 -
The law’s calculation and amount of credit was intended to be based on the volume of export.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2025
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Florida’s eighth-graders struggled on the national math test, posting the state’s lowest scores in 20 years.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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Takeaways and postgame reaction February 04, 2025 10:32 PM The issue is Bradley Beal would need to be part of any Suns trade package (if Devin Booker and Kevin Durant are off the table) to make the salary-cap math work, but the Suns have been unable to find a match for Beal.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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The show is really aimed at creating foundational skills in reading and arithmetic, along with lessons on proper behaviors that carry forward to the classroom.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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However, the model failed on the hidden code and complex number set prompts, making basic errors in counting and/or arithmetic that one or both of the OpenAI models avoided.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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