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This study used an answer-locked event-related potential (ERP) design to examine neural dynamics during arithmetic verification in 76 children aged 8\u201312 years, including 37 children with DD and 39 typically developing (TD) children. Participants completed addition, subtraction, and multiplication verification problems while electroencephalography was recorded. Peak amplitude and peak latency of the N2a, N2b, and P3 components were measured at Fz and Cz. Component-specific analyses were complemented by omnibus models across ERP components and electrodes, and Holm correction was applied to control for multiple comparisons. Children with DD showed substantially lower accuracy and longer reaction times than TD children. After correction, the DD group showed longer N2a peak latencies at Fz and Cz, longer N2b peak latency at Fz, and smaller P3 peak amplitude at Fz. The surviving ERP effects were moderate to large in statistical magnitude, and omnibus analyses further indicated that the pattern of group differences varied across components and electrodes. By time-locking neural activity to proposed-answer onset, these findings delineate a robust pattern of delayed N2 responses and reduced later frontal P3 amplitude in DD, clarifying when group differences emerge during arithmetic verification. 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