Sentences with phrase «reason with numbers»

But it's helpful for everyone to learn basic arithmetic as part of learning to reason with numbers, even if we usually use calculators for most arithmetic problems.

Description: Number lines can be used to enhance students» visual reasoning with numbers and investigate a variety of numerical relationships.

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One of a number of reasons I stayed out of my business offices and worked at home as much as possible was because when I went to the office, I was «drawn» to listen in on, interfere with or critique every phone call, look at every fax, poke my nose all the way into everything — to the extent that I ruined everybody else's productivity as well as my own.

Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The reason: In 1996, the government severely restricted funding for medical residents, essentially freezing the number of slots that determine the flow of physicians entering the workforce each year, with only tiny additions since.

Merchants who use their own tokenization system and also accept Apple Pay or other EMV (smart credit card) token payments will end up with multiple tokens for one card number, defeating a major reason merchants adopted tokenization in the first place, she said.

With so many great features there's a reason why QuickBooks is the world's number one online accountancy software — it makes staying on top of your finances super easy.

I know this not only from personal conversations with my fellow fossils, but also through a discussion with an accountant recently in which he told me that the number one reason most of his older clients haven't retired yet is because they are afraid to before they are eligible for Medicare.

Moritz, a former Time magazine journalist, went on to lament the lower numbers of women studying math and sciences as the reason why it's so difficult for the firm to hire more women — a popular excuse often used by the tech companies with low diversity numbers.

Overall app numbers do matter for three reasons, none of which has to do with farting.

These figures are as large as they are partly because 60 % of sufferers don't comply with their medication or treatment regimen — for any number of reasons including cost, stress, work patterns or lack of education about how to self - manage the disease.

For a number of reasons, we are in a golden age for inventors, one in which anyone with a great idea can share it with the world.

For this reason, Kagan recommends starting out with a specific number you want to reach.

People choose who they want to «own» for any number of reasons — bragging rights, a bet on someone's price going up, a way to show off their taste, or to mess with their friends.

Usually this initial group of users is small, for the simple reason that if there were something that large numbers of people urgently needed and that could be built with the amount of effort a startup usually puts into a version one, it would probably already exist.

Executives CNBC spoke with were tight - lipped about specific numbers, for what they said were competitive reasons.

These cold, hard numbers are pretty convincing, but if you're looking for more human reasons to go along with the startup visa plan, there's no shortage of stories of promising entrepreneurs desperate to create American jobs but held up by their immigration woes.

«The reason I said I didn't like Samsung is because throughout my entire life, because of how my parents raised me, I have to work with the number one, I can't work with anyone but Jay Z because he's number one, I can't be with any girl but Kim because that's the girl that I look at her pictures the most and get turned on by.

One reason Kik is popular with teens is because, while most other messaging - first services require a phone number to register, Kik bases accounts on user names instead.

Instead, we can consider the possibility that extraterrestrial life is abundant — but for a number of reasons, we haven't been able to get in touch with any of it.

«The reason the Republican party essentially forgot to celebrate America this year might have been because they were too busy celebrating Donald Trump's claims that he would fix whatever Donald Trump thinks is wrong with America,» Oliver said before launching into a takedown of the «countless awful things» Trump has said over the past year, stirring up any number of controversies throughout his campaign for the White House.

Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by Google of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Incentive Award.

Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by Alphabet of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Incentive Award.

Reason number two, he goes DEEP with many of the investing icons I've always wanted to meet, including Paul Tudor Jones (who he's coached for 10 + years), Ray Dalio, Carl Icahn, David Swensen, Kyle Bass, and many more.

And there are a number of reasons — from wanting to ditch a commute and have a job that moves with them to being able to balance all that their personal and professional lives have to offer.

The reason I went to budget 2007 was to do a numbers check, since the Fiscal Monitor just came out with the final tallies for the 2007/08 fiscal year.

There are a number of reasons for Amazon's newfound energy in advertising: It is doing more outreach with Madison Avenue, striking deals with holding companies and agencies; it opened an ad platform last year, an application programming interface that lets marketing developers build easier ways to buy ads; and it is opening its Amazon Ad Platform to more brands.

Consistent with the practices of many of its peer companies, HP provides a small number of perquisites to its senior executives including the NEOs for the reasons described below.

If we terminate Mr. Drexler's employment without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason, Mr. Drexler will be entitled to receive (i) a payment of his earned but unpaid annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued vacation pay and any un-reimbursed expenses, and (ii) subject to Mr. Drexler's execution of a valid general release and waiver of claims against us, as well as his compliance with the non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential information restrictions described below, (a) a payment equal to his annual base salary and target cash incentive award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.

Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by J. Crew Group, Inc. of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Incentive Award.

«I am very thankful to you for a number of reasons, for being so thorough (and a pleasure to work with) prior to the event, and even more for delivering such an outstanding keynote.

«The deal makes a lot of sense for a number of reasons, especially with Amazon's local physical footprint already established on the AWS side of the house,» Ball said in a news statement.

* + - Source: WallStreetandTech.com For a number of reasons, major banks haven't seized the opportunity to get involved with bitcoin.

They will explain the reasoning behind the roll - out, and back it up with hard numbers.

Offering only numbers is something that traditional brokerage firms do, and a lot of time is leads to deals that end up falling through the floor, because the amount of money a business needs often has little to do with why they need it or the reasons their current financial situation is the way it is.

With these factors in mind, there are additional reasons to be cautiously optimistic about stocks, including a number of investable ideas that may continue to underpin the strong earnings growth that helped propel the market to record all - time highs in 2017.

A real estate sale might not close for a number of reasons, such as a buyer not being able to fully qualify for a mortgage, or the discovery of previously unknown issues with the property during the home inspection.

There are a number of reasons why a lot of software are equipped with cloud technology, mainly because it takes away the need for internal servers.

Yet failure to establish relationships with potential customers is the number one reason why most new ventures fail.

Although Lael Brainard's outlook on inflation reflects that of the overall view of the central bank, a large number of economists would beg to differ with the reasoning offered by the governor.

This is one of the most important components and one of the number one reasons why people fail with display advertising.

And with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I will list a number of reasons why I hate this market and then suggest a few reasons why that should get you excited.

A big reason that people are expecting a revenue slowdown is because Facebook's revenue numbers are so large to begin with.

A stable economy and unemployment rate coupled with an inflation overshoot would more than likely see the markets begin to price back in a May hike that should see the Pound recover to $ 1.40 levels, while weak numbers will be another reason for BoE to stand pat.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

We now have noticed a number of brand new data with regard to reason.

But what is the reason for those who propose to ditch the conjugal understanding of marriage and replace it with a conception of marriage as sexual - romantic domestic partnership (what one opponent of the conjugal conception describes as your relationship «with your Number One Person»)?

I have forwarded it to a number of people for different reasons, who are growing older or who are dealing with imminent death.

57 % of Brits receive parcels for others, making it the number one reason to interact with our neighbours.