~$ 2+2
2+2: command not found
If you try to do 2+2 in bash chances are that 4 is not going to be the answer you get. To force bash to do some basic math you need to place it between the wildly non-intuitive $(( )) token.
That’s strange IMO but hey it is a step in the right direction
$((2+2))
4: command not found
That works
~$ echo $((2+2))
4
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