What is the correct English; "one and one is two" or "one and one are two"?
Likewise for "two and three is five" or "two and three are five"?
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You can use both. In mathematis "is (equal to)" is preferred. But two apples and three apples are five apples is also logical. – rogermue Dec 13 '14 at 20:59