# Math in actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-in-actionscript/281146>\
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**Created:** [February 5, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-in-actionscript/281146 "2009-02-05T12:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drew91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@Drew91](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Drew91)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-in-actionscript/281146/1 "2009-02-05T12:57:07Z")

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I can’t seem to grasp the concept of arithmetic in actionscript. I’m going to attach the file I’m working on.

If you could leave an example of how to do the math in the "Points Per Game (Points/Games Played) area so that I could see how it’s done, I’d really appreciate it.