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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man6/arithmetic.6 b/upstream/archlinux/man6/arithmetic.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4b0fdcb --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man6/arithmetic.6 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.\" This file is free software, distributed under the BSD license. +.Dd May 31, 1993 +.Dt ARITHMETIC 6 +.Os +.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 entering 'q'. +.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 from 1 to +.Ar range. +For subtraction and division, both the required result and the number +to divide by or subtract will be from 1 to +.Ar range. +The default +.I range +is 10. +.El |