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Personally, as someone who teaches math to a bunch of different grades 6-12, I can't think of a better way to efficiently say "5 plus 4". I could say "add 5 and 4", but if you are trying to ask a question, you would never say "what is the addition of 5 and 4?", you would either say "what is 5 plus 4?" OR "what is the sum of 5 and 4?", and much the same with subtraction, e.g. "5 minus 4" or "the difference of 5 and 4" as opposed to "subtract 5 and 4". Using "times" for multiplication is also valid, maybe even more so! I don't think it's in anyway improper to say "5 times 4". Again, you could say "multiply 5 and 4" but if youre asking a question you would never say "what is the multiplication of 5 and 4" ALTHOUGH to vindicate you, I don't think I would ever hear anyone call adding "plusing" or subtracting "minusing" outside of initially teaching the idea. Using them as a verb between two numbers ✔ Using them as the name for the operation ✖ TLDR; they might be more valid than you think, but calling it "plus-ing" and "minus-ing" instead of "addition" and "subtraction" does sound rather elementary school level. |
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sorry 4 late reply, but using it as a verb between two is like you said completely normal. i don't object to saying "what's 5+4" what i find stupid is like saying "okay, now plus five and four," or "times 3 and 2." that's what annoys me. another example is say she asks the class "to get this answer with the info we know, would we do plussing, minusing, timesing, etc." a better way to say it would b like "to get the answer, do we have to add, subtract, or multiply?"
I do think it was lack of elaboration and detail on my part that confused you though, I dont blame u 4 being confused lol
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