simple arithmetic

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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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 ofsimpleandarithmeticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The language extendssimplearithmetic(with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) by adding user-definable constants (abbreviations) and user-definable unary functions.
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Of course, the complexity of economic growth cannot be reduced to asimplearithmeticof compound growth rates, for there is nothing automatic about growth.
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Novices and power users alike are able to use this flexible tool to do everything from performingsimplearithmeticto programming complex financial analyses.
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We cast an equivalence relation between such actions in terms of asimplearithmeticcondition on an orbit equivalence.
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The tasks included odd man out; two memory tasks, pattern matching and serial memory; number search;simplearithmetic; and two complex visual-spatial processing tasks: mental rotation and form completion.
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This procedure allows more reliable estimations concerning the economic characteristics of individuals with specific titles, markers, and epithets than those based merely on historians' impressions orsimplearithmeticcalculations.
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But as a first approximation one may simply scale up from a sample usingsimplearithmetic(if one has a 2 % sample, one multiplies everything by 50).
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Second, even if these variables could be reliably estimated, asimplearithmeticcomparison of donor risk and recipient benefit would not be sufficient.
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It is only a question ofsimplearithmetic.
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What is thesimplearithmeticof the proposal?
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But surely it is a matter ofsimplearithmetic.
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Applicants need to be able to read and take notes intelligently and in most trades to possess a knowledge ofsimplearithmetic.
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An estimate of soldiers as a percentage of the populations is a matter ofsimplearithmetic.
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It cannot just be looked at mechanically and with directsimplearithmetic.
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I shall give the verysimplearithmeticof the policy, expressing it in terms of full-time teachers.
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Mysimplearithmetictells me that if there are 25 million contributors and a sum of £500 million, it works out at £20 a year per head.
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Usually it is a matter ofsimplearithmetic.
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That is thesimplearithmeticwhich everyone must recognise.
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It is, of course, fairlysimplearithmeticto determine what percentage of the total cost that contribution is.
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The calculation of grant will be a matter ofsimplearithmetic.
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