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a·rith·me·tic
 arithmetic
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- pronunciation:
rIth
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tihk
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When you do arithmetic, you work with numbers to find answers to questions. When you add numbers together to find an answer, you are doing one kind of arithmetic. The other kinds are subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
Arithmetic is part of mathematics. Children learn arithmetic in elementary school.
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division |
| derivations: |
arithmetical (adj.), arithmetically (adv.) |
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