Wiktionary
cast accounts
vb. 1 (context obsolete accounting English) To perform basic bookkeeping. 2 (context obsolete English) To be numerate; to be capable of arithmetic. One who ''casts accounts'' may only be one equipped with that accomplishment; as one who ''reads'' is not necessarily reading, nor inclined to it, but ''literate''.
Usage examples of "cast accounts".
Daniel said he had studied the mathematics and that he could cast accounts.