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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man6/arithmetic.6 b/upstream/fedora-40/man6/arithmetic.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b8d4d8f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man6/arithmetic.6 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: arithmetic.6,v 1.11 2003/08/07 09:36:52 agc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Eamonn McManus of Trinity College Dublin. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)arithmetic.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.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 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 +.Nm +doesn't understand what you typed. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bc 1 , +.Xr dc 1 |