elementary arithmetic

collocation in English

meaningsofelementaryandarithmetic

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elementary
adjective
uk
/ˌel.ɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌel.əˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
basic:
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arithmetic
noun[U]
uk
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/us
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/
the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. ...
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(Definition ofelementaryandarithmeticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The followingelementaryarithmeticobservation will be used later.
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The eldest daughter of the master's family taught her to read, write and doelementaryarithmetic.
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Intuition conceived in such a way is a mystical fallacy and one needs no more than to have practicedelementaryarithmeticin order to understand it.
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This is in a computational model where theelementaryarithmeticoperations (+, -, x, =) are assumed to take a time of order 1 irrespective of the size of their arguments.
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Elementaryarithmeticleads us to the conclusion that at least 25 trains will be needed to meet that minimum requirement.
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Even myelementaryarithmeticsuggests that at least that still makes one step forward.
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It is very difficult for the borough treasurer to correct a councillor on hiselementaryarithmetic.
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It is a question of arithmetic, and veryelementaryarithmetic.
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I accept that, but let me explain the point using someelementaryarithmetic.
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A littleelementaryarithmeticshows that the cost was about £400 a week and over £20,000 a year.
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But they callelementaryarithmeticapplied mathematics.
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That is true even inelementaryarithmetic.
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I have done a littleelementaryarithmetic.
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It is important to keep expectations in check, becauseelementaryarithmeticmakes it clear that relatively small amounts of money will be available per carer for additional services.
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Elementaryarithmeticalso includes fractions and negative numbers, which can be represented on a number line.
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Mathematics typically used in commerce includeselementaryarithmetic, elementary algebra, statistics and probability.
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Elementaryarithmeticshows that a tower with parallel walls could have been built to a height of before the bricks at the bottom were crushed.
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Transposition and inversion can be represented aselementaryarithmeticoperations.
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Elementaryarithmeticstarts with the natural numbers and the written symbols (digits) that represent them.
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