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The word 'arithmetic' is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to a branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers. For example: "She had a good grasp of arithmetic and was able to solve most problems easily."
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arithmetic
adjective
Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
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For five years they made the most of parliamentary arithmetic to push him around.
The current arithmetic also means that feasible Tory options fall some way short of the required numbers.
£8.5m of Norwich's money to be precise, and advanced arithmetic tells us that that works out at, let's see now, yes, £8.5m per goal.
And as things stand, the arithmetic is to the advantage of Miliband.
But the key to the all-important parliamentary arithmetic is the new and unknown element of the HDP, mainly representing the Kurds but also bringing together younger civil libertarians born of the mass protests against Erdoğan's overweening control in 2013.
But Labour advisers are convinced it will become clear fairly quickly on Friday, from the arithmetic of the seats, whether Cameron has enough support to get a Queen's speech through the Commons.
On the subject of how arithmetic will have the final say, the statistical record of Wales defending a slender lead in the last quarter is not good.
The final arithmetic will ultimately be decided not just by how many seats each party gains, but by how many they can cling on to – especially when it comes to Labour in Scotland and the Conservatives in England.
Prowling at the edges of this arithmetic quagmire is Boris Johnson, not yet returned to the Commons and in no rush to run for the leadership.
Influenced by her own struggle at school with dyslexia, her emphasis has been on bringing back the basics to the teaching environment, with a focus on reading, writing and arithmetic.
However, the likely Commons arithmetic still favours Ed Miliband's Labour.
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