math
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- noun
- /mæθ/
- Informal
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matemáticas
- And so they're learning the same math facts, the same history facts.
- math and science
- English and math
- a math teacher
You might have done this in math in high school.
- You might have done this in math in high school.
- So we'll then just say, Yikes, math class, who needs it?
- And I was like doing math and I was confused.
- Well, it turns out this is the math of this model here.
- And I didn't like math, so I went to medicine.
- Anyways, keep struggling, keep doing math, push past your comfort zone.
- The subject is math for day trading.
- But if I'm right about that, then math comes before consciousness.
- Yeah, like algebra or math or science, Right.
- I must have not done the right math, because that's not right.
- And it turned out to to comport with the math of quantum mechanics.
- They got lost in math, hence the name of my book.
- Every single time I got it perfect on math and verbal.
Examples
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Findings showed a significant difference between groups in math and English scale and performance level scores.
Academic text (2011) -
I was always more of a math person, but I sure enjoyed his class.
Fiction book (1991) -
You might have done this in math in high school.
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Well, it turns out this is the math of this model here.
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Now if you do the math he was nine years old.
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Students often ask their math teachers, "When will I ever use this?"
Academic text (2011) -
For example, students may receive small group assistance in math during this time.
Academic text (2011) -
Twenty students in a high school math class are almost always better than fifty.
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The student may have been nominated for the credit recovery program for math, social studies, or both.
Academic text (2011) -
In her junior year, she excelled in math and even helped her classmates with difficult problems.
Synonyms
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3.7
Study of numbers, shapes, and patterns used to solve problems
The study of numbers, shapes, and amounts used to solve problems
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
To use numbers and formulas to solve real-world problems in science, engineering, or business
- Offensive
A fun way to explain spending with silly reasons to feel better about buying things
Surface Forms
Etymology
Math is short for mathematics, which comes from the Greek mathema meaning 'learning' or 'what is learned'. So math is the study of learning about numbers, amount and space, which is why it covers things like arithmetic and geometry.