maths
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noun
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Origin of maths
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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
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
Many deaf children in Kenya learn a patchwork of makeshift signs, and the local dialect lacks many technical terms used to teach subjects like maths and biology.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company said that at the end of August, it started to train a new model that quickly showed that it was adept at maths.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mr. Jeavons said that I liked maths because it was safe.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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"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
“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
“Yeah, well, I failed all the maths. I’m not wired like that.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
My poor little brains are just about pumped out with maths., and what's left of them will be wanted for French prep. later on.
From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil
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