addition error
Wrong total computed
An addition error is a mistake made when summing numbers, whether through miscalculation, misalignment of digits, or carrying errors.
The term appears in accounting, mathematics education, and any context where totals matter: The discrepancy in the ledger turned out to be a simple addition error.
More broadly, it can describe any erroneous inclusion—adding something that shouldn't be there.
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- miscalculationError in estimation
- sumAddition's result
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- typoPrinting mistake
calculation · carry the one · subtraction · number crunching · digit · carryover · math · pencil and paper · blunder · fat finger · total · column · slip · accounting · ledger · checkbook · bank statement · balance
correctness
addition errorright answer
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