as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he did a little number crunching and made an offer on the house
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The explicit goals of the long term financial plan are revenue sufficiency and rate calculation.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Tax preparation software like H&R Block and TaxAct automate calculations, going a long way to keeping math mistakes from creeping into your return.—
Brian Sloan,Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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Florida’s eighth-graders struggled on the national math test, posting the state’s lowest scores in 20 years.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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According to the latest data, only 53% of the city’s public school students were proficient in math on state exams.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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However, the model failed on the hidden code and complex number set prompts, making basic errors in counting and/or arithmetic that one or both of the OpenAI models avoided.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yet, as with calculators and mental arithmetic, reliance on AI risks weakening core cognitive abilities.—
Dr. Adil Dalal,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Number crunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number%20crunching. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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