Sentences with 'arithmetic'
Example sentences and phrases with the word arithmetic and other words derived from it.
• « Finally, they developed a complex and precise system of arithmetic that would come to form the basis of mathematics as it was used and understood throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. »
• « In his famous pamphlet Reflections on the French Revolution, he wrote "It is said that twenty-four millions must prevail over two hundred thousand. True; if the constitution of a kingdom is a problem of arithmetic." »
• « In order to assess the consequences of sleep deprivation, the researchers subjected a number of people to a series of psychological and performance tests. They were asked, for example, to do arithmetic sums or to remember a text that had been read to them a few minutes earlier. »