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number work
noun
- simple arithmetic and similar mathematical procedures as used and studied at primary level Also called (esp formerly)sums
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They did number work, counting their chickens and multiplying their eggs with sober intentness.
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"Now the class in number work will recite," said the owl teacher, as she took a piece of blue chalk and went to the blackboard.
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I don't write a bit well, and I never get the mental number-work right.
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The current prices and approximate quantity needed for a meal made practical number work.
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"A lot, I guess," said Flossie, who forgot all about the number-work she had studied for a little while in school.
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