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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" Eamonn McManus of Trinity College Dublin.
+.\"
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+.\" @(#)arithmetic.6 6.6 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
+.\"
+.TH ARITHMETIC 6 "June 23, 1990"
+.UC 4
+.SH NAME
+arithmetic \- quiz on simple arithmetic
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B arithmetic
+.B [
+\-o +\-x/
+.B ]
+.B [
+\-r range
+.B ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Arithmetic
+asks you to solve problems in simple arithmetic.
+Each question must be answered correctly before going on to the next.
+After every 20 problems, it prints the score so far and the time taken.
+You can quit at any time by typing the interrupt or end-of-file character.
+.PP
+The options are as follows:
+.TP
+\-o
+By default,
+.I arithmetic
+asks questions on addition of numbers from 0 to 10, and corresponding
+subtraction.
+By supplying one or more of the characters
+.BR +\-x/ ,
+you can ask for problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
+division, respectively.
+If you give one of these characters more than once, that kind of problem
+will be asked correspondingly more often.
+.TP
+\-r
+If a
+.I range
+is supplied,
+.I arithmetic
+selects the numbers in its problems in the following way.
+For addition and multiplication, the numbers to be added or multiplied
+are between 0 and
+.IR range ,
+inclusive.
+For subtraction and division, both the required result and the number to
+divide by or subtract will be between 0 and
+.IR range .
+(Of course,
+.I arithmetic
+will not ask you to divide by 0.) The default
+.I range
+is 10.
+.PP
+When you get a problem wrong,
+.I arithmetic
+will remember the numbers involved, and will tend to select those numbers
+more often than others, in problems of the same sort.
+Eventually it will forgive and forget.
+.PP
+.I Arithmetic
+cannot be persuaded to tell you the right answer.
+You must work it out for yourself.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+``What?'' if you get a question wrong.
+``Right!'' if you get it right.
+``Please type a number.'' if arithmetic doesn't understand what you typed.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+bc(1), dc(1)