The phrase "arithmetic error" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a mistake made in mathematical calculations or computations.
Example: "After reviewing the calculations, I realized that there was an arithmetic error in the final total."
Alternatives: "mathematical mistake" or "calculation error".
*Correction: An earlier version of this post involved an arithmetic error regarding the balance of seats.
Since then the discovery of an arithmetic error has handed the lead back to Mr Gore, who is now out in front by 375 votes.
The settlement ends a suit that had seen a mistrial declared in June after an arithmetic error by the jury resulted in an award one-tenth what jurors had intended.
Despite an embarrassing round of backpedaling after theorists made an arithmetic error that exaggerated the clash between observation and theory (ScienceNOW, 13 November 2001), the apparent discrepancy persisted as the experiment continued.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was more forthright about the arithmetic error in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood on Tuesday, emphasizing that the budget is merely a "preliminary document". .
1) We fixed the arithmetic error.
The court attributed some of that to arithmetic errors but found that Wells Fargo had improperly added charges, including $6,741.67 in commissions to the sheriff's office that were not owed, almost $13,000 in additional interest and fees for 16 unnecessary inspections of the borrowers' property in the 29 months the case was pending.
They drank too much, they made colossal arithmetic errors in their logbooks, and they practiced politics on each other just like today, but we look back at the things they accomplished and wonder, 'My God, does every generation produce men like that?' And the answer, I hope, is yes.
Thus, the floating-point arithmetic errors can be neglected.
With most tax returns now done on computers, arithmetic errors are rare.
The accuracy is limited only by the accuracy of the numerical computation of the fields and the arithmetic errors.
