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+.\"	$NetBSD: arithmetic.6,v 1.6 1998/04/28 07:19:28 fair Exp $
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+.\"	@(#)arithmetic.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
+.\"
+.Dd May 31, 1993
+.Dt ARITHMETIC 6
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm arithmetic
+.Nd quiz on simple arithmetic
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl o Ar +\-x/
+.Op Fl r Ar range
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+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:
+.Bl -tag -width indent 
+.It Fl o
+By default,
+.Nm
+asks questions on addition of numbers from 0 to 10, and corresponding
+subtraction.
+By supplying one or more of the characters
+.Ar +\-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.
+.It Fl r
+If a
+.Ar range
+is supplied,
+.Nm
+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
+.Ar range ,
+inclusive.
+For subtraction and division, both the required result and the number to
+divide by or subtract will be between 0 and
+.Ar range .
+(Of course,
+.Nm
+will not ask you to divide by 0.)  The default
+.I range
+is 10.
+.El
+.Pp
+When you get a problem wrong,
+.Nm
+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
+.Nm
+cannot be persuaded to tell you the right answer.
+You must work it out for yourself.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Dq What?
+if you get a question wrong.
+.Dq Right!
+if you get it right.
+.Dq Please type a number.
+if arithmetic doesn't understand what you typed.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bc 1 ,
+.Xr dc 1