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+"""A small calculator built on top of the mathkit arithmetic operations.
+
+This module imports the primitive operations from :mod:`operations` and
+composes them into a tiny :class:`Calculator` helper plus a simple
+command-line demo.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from operations import add, divide, multiply, subtract
+
+
+class Calculator:
+    """Stateful calculator that accumulates a running result.
+
+    Each method mutates and returns the running :attr:`value`, so calls can be
+    chained::
+
+        >>> Calculator(2).add(3).multiply(4).value
+        20.0
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, value: float = 0.0) -> None:
+        self.value = value
+
+    def add(self, other: float) -> "Calculator":
+        """Add ``other`` to the running value."""
+        self.value = add(self.value, other)
+        return self
+
+    def subtract(self, other: float) -> "Calculator":
+        """Subtract ``other`` from the running value."""
+        self.value = subtract(self.value, other)
+        return self
+
+    def multiply(self, other: float) -> "Calculator":
+        """Multiply the running value by ``other``."""
+        self.value = multiply(self.value, other)
+        return self
+
+    def divide(self, other: float) -> "Calculator":
+        """Divide the running value by ``other``.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If ``other`` is zero.
+        """
+        self.value = divide(self.value, other)
+        return self
+
+    def reset(self, value: float = 0.0) -> "Calculator":
+        """Reset the running value back to ``value`` (default ``0.0``)."""
+        self.value = value
+        return self
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Run a short demonstration of the calculator operations."""
+    print("add(2, 3)      =", add(2, 3))
+    print("subtract(5, 2) =", subtract(5, 2))
+    print("multiply(4, 3) =", multiply(4, 3))
+    print("divide(9, 3)   =", divide(9, 3))
+
+    result = Calculator(10).add(5).subtract(3).multiply(2).divide(4).value
+    print("chained result =", result)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()