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# math

«math» in Mova's school dictionary: **the school subject about numbers, shapes, measuring…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Math is the school subject about numbers, shapes, measuring, patterns and data. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Many future jobs will be about making technology fair and safe for people; maths, science, writing and kindness all help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/18/)
- [Most artists need reading, maths and business skills to manage money and deals, and many have other jobs, especially at first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/9/)
- [Skill in maths grows with practice, like any other skill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/12/)
- [Skill in maths grows with practice like any other skill, and believing you can improve helps you keep trying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills/19/)
- [Max in Dublin copied his friend's maths homework twice and got away with it, so he thought he always could.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «math» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/math/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.