Maths - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
(informal, UK, except Canada)
* 1980' August 21, ''Girls can do '''maths as well as boys'', '' ,
* 2004 , Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children ,
* 2011 , Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers? Databook , Fourth edition, John Wiley & Sons,
is likely misspelled.
has no English definition.
As a noun maths
is {{short for |mathematics|lang=en}.maths
English
Alternative forms
* math (North America) * mathematicsNoun
(-) (always singular )page 586,
- The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don?t.
page 229,
- At age 10, Ian was based with the Grade 6 students but was allowed to take maths with Grade 10 – a four-year grade advancement.
page 40,
- Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.