Showing posts with label Defining Arithmetic. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Arithmetic vs Mathematics

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Damini Shars

What is the difference between arithmetic and mathematics?



a·rith·me·tic
(1) the branch of mathematics that deals with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division,
(2) the use of numbers in calculations
math·e·mat·ics
(1) the study of the relationships among

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Arithmetic (from the Greek ἀριθμός arithmos, "number" and τική [τέχνη], tiké [téchne], "art") is a branch of mathematics that consists of the study of numbers, especially the properties of the traditional operations on them—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 
Arithmetic is an elementary part of number theory,