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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'll do so by example:

Arithmetic: 2+2.

Math: Creating an equations to describe the movement of a body through space.

There is a reason that colleges have Math Departments and not Arithmetic Departments. Arithmetic will only get you so far.

And just in case you still don't get it: From dictionary.com

a·rith·me·tic?[n. uh-rith-muh-tik; adj. ar-ith-met-ik] noun 
1. the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics. 
2. Also called higher arithmetic, theoretical arithmetic. the theory of numbers; the study of the divisibility of whole numbers, the remainders after division, etc.

math·e·mat·ics?[math-uh-mat-iks] noun 
1. ( used with a singular verb ) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.[/quote]

Thanks for the explanation.  I did not know math and arithmetic were different.  Can you now tell me the difference between math and geometry?  
 
 
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