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math

adjective as in mathematical

noun as in mathematics

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Example Sentences

What’s telling about Risch’s remarks, however, is less the math than the defeatism behind it.

From Vox

They blame funding but they didn’t let the math teacher go when they canceled the class.

Such calculations require strong math skills, but that’s just the beginning.

From Fortune

For Ivan, though, the idea of pure math or pure language is exciting.

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Now we don’t need complicated math to tell us that 190,000 Americans have died from the novel coronavirus, with no end in the sight.

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.

Supporters pointed to math and literacy gains, while critics noted that those improvements disappeared in elementary school.

Jackson was an exceptional math and science student; the dreaded Bartlett was one of his favorite professors.

And last year, 4th and 8th grade students showed the biggest math and reading gains in the country.

The risk-benefit math becomes less favorable for the older patient.

Aftermath, aft′ėr-math, n. a second mowing of grass in the same season.

Darryl and I once tried to write our own better spam filter and when you filter spam, you need Bayesian math.

Im only an enlisted man and they dont give enlisted men enough math to answer questions like that.

Maybe Miss Graham can find me a book on math problems that a man can do in his head.

She could send several cheeses to table,—new milk cheese, nettle-cheese, floaten milk cheese and eddish or after-math cheese.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for math?

The word math comes from a shortening of mathematics. This is often what math is formally called when it’s a school subject. In the U.K. and other places, it’s shortened to maths. (See more about this in the next two sections.)

The type of math you learn early in school—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—is sometimes called arithmetic. It all starts with basic counting, but there are many branches of math, including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, and calculus.

The word calculus is also sometimes used in a general way to mean calculation, and the word math can also be used in this way.

The word math is also used in other general ways. If you say the math doesn’t add up, it means something’s not right with the numbers (figures, values, totals, tally, etc.).

What is math short for?

Math is short for mathematics.

Is it math or maths?

In the U.S. and Canada, the school subject is commonly called math. In the U.K. and some other places, it’s called maths. To people who use the word math, it may seem strange to put an s on the end, since it’s a single subject, but there are plenty of reasons why it makes sense: it’s short for mathematics, there are several different branches of mathematics, and other school subjects also end with s, such as physics.

What is another way to say do the math?

To do the math is to do the calculation, computation, or reckoning. This can be used in a literal way, meaning to literally calculate the sum or total. But it’s also often used in a figurative way meaning to figure something out based on the available information. The expression add things up can mean the same thing.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to math, such as: analytical, numerical, scientific, algebraic, algorithmic, and arithmetical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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