sum

suma, cantidad

Una cantidad de dinero.

En inglés sencillo: An amount of money.

• They paid a large sum for the house.
• She donated a small sum to the school.
• What sum would you be willing to spend?

Cómo se usa: sum of money (He borrowed a small sum of money.)

Sinónimos: amount

Expresiones frecuentes: large sum, small sum, sum of money

suma, total

Resultado de añadir unos números o cantidades a otros.

En inglés sencillo: The total you get when you add numbers or amounts together.

• The sum of two and three is five.
• Calculate the sum of these numbers.
• Their combined weight equals the sum of their individual weights.

Cómo se usa: sum of A and B (The sum of six and four is ten.)

Sinónimos: total

Expresiones frecuentes: sum of something, total sum, calculate the sum, sum of numbers

operación, ejercicio de cálculo

Problema con números que se resuelve haciendo operaciones, a menudo como tarea escolar.

En inglés sencillo: A problem involving numbers that you solve, often as a school exercise.

• This sum is easy.
• We did ten sums for homework.
• Can you help me solve this division sum?

Sinónimos: calculation, math problem

Expresiones frecuentes: do a sum, difficult sum, simple sum

resumir

Explicar brevemente los puntos principales de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To state the main points of something briefly.

• Let me sum up the main points.
• She summed up our discussion in a few sentences.
• Can you sum up what happened?

Cómo se usa: sum up something (He summed up the report for us.); sum something up (She summed the situation up clearly.)

Sinónimos: summarize, recap

Expresiones frecuentes: sum up something, sum something up, to sum up

sumar

Añadir números o cantidades entre sí para obtener un total.

En inglés sencillo: To add numbers or amounts together to get a total.

• Sum the numbers in this column.
• The program summed all the costs.
• Have you summed the daily totals yet?

Sinónimos: add, total

Expresiones frecuentes: sum the values, sum the numbers, sum something together