Sentence examples for a bit of a math from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a bit of a math" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely intended to refer to a small amount of mathematics or a mathematical concept, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I need to do a bit of math to solve this problem."
Alternatives: "a little math" or "some math".

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(The Post: "she…volunteered at a soup kitchen and counseled in a summer camp program for kids from housing projects. She was also a bit of a math nerd").

According to figures gathered by Variety last year's market produced sales of $53 million for 20 titles, but many of those films have yet to be released, and the 14 that were produced box office grosses of $34 million, creating a bit of a math problem for those who participated in the frenzy.

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Wallace J. Nichols: I've been a bit of a turtle (and math) geek since I was a kid.

Also, there's a bit of a problem with the math of balance.

The other thing that I found to be a bit of an issue with math competitions was the overemphasis on how they were about "creativity" rather than "memorization".

I am a bit of a perfectionist and do the math so that later, at sea, there won't be any unpleasant surprises.

But as the years went on and the family moved to La Cañada Flintridge, the young student became a bit of a tomboy, more interested in math, science and playing tennis than in queens, princesses and crowns.

Last summer there was a bit of a kerfuffle when one analyst's misdirected math led to wildly swinging estimates for a new advertising model for YouTube, the online video-sharing site owned by Google.

That's hard to do for me, so the trick usually works but the strange thing is that now when I have to do some simple math I sometimes get a bit of a boner.

(Tino learned about the actor from his long-dead father, whose own mother was a passionate Valentino fan, which would make Granny a bit of an anachronism, if you do the math).

Perhaps a bit of simple math that could fit on the back of an envelope, with no asterisks and no fine print, might win cheers instead of jeers from the market.

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