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+puts "Welcome to the calculator"
+puts
+
+puts "The calculator can add,subtract,divide and multiply."
+
+puts "Please select your choice "
+
+choice = gets.chomp
+if choice == "add" || choice == "+"
+  puts "You chose addition"
+elsif
+  choice == "subtract" || choice == "-"
+  puts "You chose subtraction"
+elsif
+  choice == "multiply" || choice == "*"
+  puts " You chose multiplication"
+elsif
+  choice == "divide" || choice == "/"
+  puts "You chose division"
+else
+  puts " Calculator does not accept that input."
+end
+
+puts "Please give me your first number"
+first_num = gets.to_f
+puts "Please give me your second number"
+second_num = gets.to_f
+
+
+if (choice == "add" || choice == "+")
+  total_add = first_num + second_num
+  puts total_add
+elsif (choice == "subtract" || choice == "-")
+  total_subtract = first_num - second_num
+  puts total_subtract
+elsif (choice == "multiply" || choice == "*")
+  total_multiply = first_num * second_num
+  puts total_multiply
+elsif (choice == "divide" || choice == "/")
+  total_divided = first_num / second_num
+  puts total_divided
+end