sum

金額

ある一定の額のお金。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： sum of money (He borrowed a small sum of money.)

類義語： amount

よく使う表現： large sum, small sum, sum of money

合計、和

数や量を足し合わせて得られる結果。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： sum of A and B (The sum of six and four is ten.)

類義語： total

よく使う表現： sum of something, total sum, calculate the sum, sum of numbers

計算問題

数字を使って解く問題。学校の練習問題などを指す。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： calculation, math problem

よく使う表現： do a sum, difficult sum, simple sum

要約する、まとめる

物事の大事な点を短くまとめて述べる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： sum up something (He summed up the report for us.); sum something up (She summed the situation up clearly.)

類義語： summarize, recap

よく使う表現： sum up something, sum something up, to sum up

合計する、足す

数や量を足し合わせて合計を求める。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： add, total

よく使う表現： sum the values, sum the numbers, sum something together