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# math

noun (math; UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ: maths)

«math» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Math is the school subject about numbers, shapes, measuring, patterns and data. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#m1)
2. Math also means working with numbers: do the math, my math is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths problems it is a word of the story (math class, math test, math homework), often with scores or pages; a subject only, no clue. In everyday life: «do the math» (work it out), math club, math games. Math helps with money, cooking, time, building and science.

### Examples

- She has 20 math problems for homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x1)
- He got 9 right on the math test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x2)
- Math class lasts 45 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x3)
- How many problems are left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x4)
- Math is my favourite subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x5)
- We use math to measure the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x6)
- Do the math: four friends and twelve sweets means three each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x7)
- Our maths teacher is from New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x8)
- She checked her math with a calculator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#x9)

### Note

«Math» is American and Canadian; «maths» is used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. Both are uncountable and take a singular verb: «Math is fun.» Short for «mathematics». Maths trap: «math problems» are the counted things.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «math» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«math» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/math.html) on Mova free.