108 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
108 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: arithmetic.6,v 1.7 1999/03/22 18:49:10 garbled Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Eamonn McManus of Trinity College Dublin.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)arithmetic.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.\"
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.Dd May 31, 1993
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.Dt ARITHMETIC 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm arithmetic
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.Nd quiz on simple arithmetic
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl o Ar +\-x/
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.Op Fl r Ar range
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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asks you to solve problems in simple arithmetic.
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Each question must be answered correctly before going on to the next.
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After every 20 problems, it prints the score so far and the time taken.
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You can quit at any time by typing the interrupt or end-of-file character.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl o
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By default,
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.Nm
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asks questions on addition of numbers from 0 to 10, and corresponding
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subtraction.
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By supplying one or more of the characters
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.Ar +\-x/ ,
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you can ask for problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
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division, respectively.
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If you give one of these characters more than once, that kind of problem
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will be asked correspondingly more often.
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.It Fl r
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If a
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.Ar range
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is supplied,
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.Nm
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selects the numbers in its problems in the following way.
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For addition and multiplication, the numbers to be added or multiplied
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are between 0 and
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.Ar range ,
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inclusive.
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For subtraction and division, both the required result and the number to
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divide by or subtract will be between 0 and
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.Ar range .
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(Of course,
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.Nm
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will not ask you to divide by 0.) The default
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.I range
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is 10.
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.El
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.Pp
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When you get a problem wrong,
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.Nm
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will remember the numbers involved, and will tend to select those numbers
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more often than others, in problems of the same sort.
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Eventually it will forgive and forget.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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cannot be persuaded to tell you the right answer.
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You must work it out for yourself.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Dq What?
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if you get a question wrong.
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.Dq Right!
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if you get it right.
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.Dq Please type a number.
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if arithmetic doesn't understand what you typed.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bc 1 ,
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.Xr dc 1
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