different between arithmetic vs numeracy
arithmetic
English
Alternative forms
- arsmetrike, arsmetryke (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithm?tica, arithmeticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (?????) (arithm?tik? (tékhn?), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ??????????? (arithm?tikós, “arithmetical”), from ??????? (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ri-d?h?-mó-s, form of *h?rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.
Pronunciation
- (noun): (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?r?th'm?t?k, IPA(key): /?????m?t?k/
- (adjective): (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?r?thm?t'?k, IPA(key): /æ????m?t?k/
- Hyphenation: arith?met?ic
Noun
arithmetic (usually uncountable, plural arithmetics)
- The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- 1992, Douglas M. Priest, On Properties of Floating Point Arithmetics, University of California, Berkeley, page 17,
- Note that all correctly rounding arithmetics satisfy property A1, as do those with properly truncating addition. All faithful binary arithmetics and all arithmetics with either properly truncating or correctly chopping addition satisfy property A2.
- 1992, Douglas M. Priest, On Properties of Floating Point Arithmetics, University of California, Berkeley, page 17,
Hypernyms
- (study): math (US), maths (UK), mathematics
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
arithmetic (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
- arithmetic geometry
- (arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
- arithmetic progression
Coordinate terms
- (computed solely using addition): geometric
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- List of terms used in arithmetic
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numeracy
English
Etymology
Blend of numerical +? literacy, coined in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
Noun
numeracy (countable and uncountable, plural numeracies)
- The quality of being numerate; numerical skill.
Antonyms
- innumeracy
Translations
References
numeracy From the web:
- what numeracy covers
- what numeracy means
- what numeracy skills
- what numeracy and literacy
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