Synonyms:
calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning
Meaning: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Usage examples
Let 'em finish figuring course, time, distance, all that stuff.
Nell had spent the night figuring over it, trying to pick out the right person.
We shall find these elder demons figuring in the Babylonian Creation myth, which receives treatment in a later chapter.
Mr. Edison then asked: 'If I hadn't sold any of mine, what would it be worth to-day?' and after some figuring I replied: 'Over four million dollars.' When Mr. Edison is thinking seriously over a problem he is in the habit of pulling his right eyebrow, which he did now for fifteen or twenty seconds.