maths
noun
maths
American
[maths]
/ mæθs /
noun
(used with a singular or plural verb)
maths
1
British
/ mæθs /
noun
maths.
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of maths
By shortening
Example Sentences
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One of her colleagues has "36 or 37 students" in an advanced maths class, she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Alongside a literacy and numeracy drive, Andrews re-introduced accountability measures with annual reading and maths tests for seven-to-14 year olds, and a new school performance regime, called banding.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
In 2024, while maths and physics were among the most popular subjects studied at A-level by boys they were not in the top five most popular subjects taken by girls.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Since it began for the 2002-03 season, Fantasy Premier League has evolved into a huge database boasting millions of players across the globe, with substitutions and wildcards and the maths done for you.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Firstly you can do it by maths like this Let the doors be called X, Y and Z. Let Cx be the event that the car is behind door X and so on.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
"Things you didn't understand kept piling on top of each other. It affected all the core subjects of science, English and maths. It made me really anxious."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
“Ethical thresholds placed within frameworks are typically challenging to satisfy… An ethical framework can lead to paralysis. Ethics is not like maths. Ethical problems don’t often get ‘solved’.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
“Yeah, well, I failed all the maths. I’m not wired like that.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
“To me, that would’ve been death. I failed once in my life – maths. I didn’t like that feeling.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
The maths. was detestable and the geometry simply wicked.
From A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days by Angela Brazil
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