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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That math is a bunch of cryptic symbols on a piece of paper.
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Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
For instance, the Los Angeles Unified School District, where the math proficiency rate hit a painful low of 32% in 2024, paid its Chief of Equity and Access $272,241 in salary and benefits in 2022.
—Wenyuan Wu, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
The eighth planet in our solar system was detected, not with telescopes, but through math.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
That math clearly shows the 9700X to be the better option if CPU performance is what matters most.
—PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
For instance, the Los Angeles Unified School District, where the math proficiency rate hit a painful low of 32% in 2024, paid its Chief of Equity and Access $272,241 in salary and benefits in 2022.
—Wenyuan Wu, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
The eighth planet in our solar system was detected, not with telescopes, but through math.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
That math clearly shows the 9700X to be the better option if CPU performance is what matters most.
—PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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