crunch (the) numbers

idiom

: to process numbers : to examine and analyze numbers, especially to determine exactly how much money is available, needed, etc.

When we sat down to crunch the numbers we realized that we couldn't afford a new car.

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These platforms crunch the numbers on everything from the spring auction results to downward trends in Rolex pricing, to market activity on specific models and references. —Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 June 2024

But Lovelace recognized that a machine designed to crunch numbers could do much more if the numbers represented other things. —Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 June 2024

Or pulling out a calculator to crunch the numbers in the Woods Center report. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024

Scientists who work in labs, and have to run experiments or crunch numbers, can famously work long hours. —Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024