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The phrase "amounted to a total" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when summarizing or calculating the final sum of various items or figures.
Example: "After adding all the expenses, the costs amounted to a total of $500."
Alternatives: "resulted in a total" or "came to a total".
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Overall malaria mortality as reflected here amounted to a total of 6,330.8 age sex time standardised deaths, to which 8,076 individually recorded deaths contributed some component of probable malaria mortality.
A spokesman said the lead producers were unavailable for an interview about whether the show amounted to a total loss for investors.
A retired brigadier, Mehmood Shah, said the 2005 peace deal amounted to a total "surrender" to Mr. Mehsud, from which he had advanced virtually unhindered.
Our observations amounted to a total of 36 hours of decision-making time, the recordings resulting in a total of 210 transcribed pages.
Six games in the Premier League amounted to a total of nine goals, whereas the two matches in Serie A were awash with 11 goals.
An example of these differences can be seen in the USDA's Comprehensive Nutrient Management plan, which amounted to a total cost of 17.4 billion USD over a 10-year period (United States Department of Agriculture, 2003).
In addition to a single event rupture length of 10 20 m, repeated events and aseismic slip amounted to a total rupture length of 50 m, along with a shear offset displacement of less than 0.01 m.
On August 2nd the National Incident Command (the government body set up to co-ordinate the response) estimated that the spill amounted to a total of 4.9m barrels of oil.
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His stay in Europe amounted to a total-immersion D.I.Y. art education that just barely paid his rent.
The cost overruns of the 14 missions ran from about 10% to about 160% and amounted to a total of about $1.3 billion.
They amounted to a total of nearly $574,000 and had a present value of roughly $338,000.
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