"arithmetic" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Noun

referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
associated with:
- miscalculate, misestimate - calculate incorrectly
- recalculate - calculate anew
- average, average out - compute the average of
- square - raise to the second power
- cube - raise to the third power
- factor, factor in, factor out - resolve into factors
- add, add together - make an addition by combining numbers
- foot, foot up - add a column of numbers
- deduct, subtract, take off - make a subtraction
- multiply - combine by multiplication
- raise - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- divide, fraction - perform a division
- halve - divide by two; divide into halves
- quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters
- make - add up to
- contain - be divisible by
is a type of: pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

subtypes: algorism - computation with Arabic figures