sums
Results of addition
Sums is the plural of sum—totals, amounts, or the results of addition.
The sums don't add up.
A sum can also be an amount of money: They invested large sums in the project.
In British usage, sums means arithmetic problems: The children worked on their sums.
To sum up is to summarize: Let me sum up what we've discussed.
Joining quantities mathematically
- totalComplete sum
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- addendNumber in a sum
- summandTerm in addition
plus · tally · computation · subtotal · running total · grand total · aggregate · accumulation
Complete sum
- entiretyThe whole of something
- wholeFull and undivided
- aggregateCombined sum total
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
completeness · all · everything · overall · combined · cumulative · collective · net
Eighteenth Greek letter
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- convergentTending toward union
- divergentDeviating from the norm
Total quantity present
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- disbursementDistribution of funds
remittance · award · prize money · windfall · inheritance · ransom · damages · compensation
Financial record book
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- debitsRecorded account reductions
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
trial balance · accounts receivable · accounts payable · bottom line · balance sheet · audit · reconciliation · fiscal
Matter requiring resolution
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- worksheetExercise page for students
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- quizBrief informal test
exam · word problem · mental arithmetic · math test · workbook · practice · pencil and paper · show your work
addition
Joining quantities mathematically
- totalComplete sum
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- addendNumber in a sum
summand · plus · tally · computation · subtotal · running total · grand total · aggregate · accumulation · mental math
total
Complete sum
totality · completeness · all · everything · overall · combined · cumulative · collective · net · gross
sigma
Eighteenth Greek letter
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- convergentTending toward union
amount
Total quantity present
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
disbursement · remittance · award · prize money · windfall · inheritance · ransom · damages · compensation · allowance
ledger
Financial record book
bookkeeping · trial balance · accounts receivable · accounts payable · bottom line · balance sheet · audit · reconciliation · fiscal
problem
Matter requiring resolution
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- worksheetExercise page for students
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
quiz · exam · word problem · mental arithmetic · math test · workbook · practice · pencil and paper · show your work
- talliesscores, totals, counts, tick marks, hash marks
- bookkeeping historybookkeeping, ledgers, double-entry, balance sheets, journal entries
- number crunchingcalculation, computing, figuring, reckoning, tallying
- tabulationstables, tallies, tallying, tabulating, totals
- basic mathsubtraction, multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
sumsdifferences
Ways things aren't alike
deducts · subtracts · subtractions · quotients · remainders
sumsparts
Individual elements of whole
components · fractions · portions · segments · pieces
sumsbreakdowns
Sudden failures or collapses
analyses · dissections · decompositions · itemizations · separations