English
maths
see also: Maths
Pronunciation Noun

maths (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Commonwealth, rarely Canada) Clipping of mathematics#English|mathematics.
    • 1980 August 21, Girls can do maths as well as boys, New Scientist, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZUwz_1Gyj-oC&pg=PA586&dq=%22maths%22+-intitle:%22maths%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zietT57LKKiuiAexieyGCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maths%22%20-intitle%3A%22maths%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.
    • 2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IPPO-a_UWOIC&pg=PA229&dq=%22maths%22+-intitle:%22maths%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zietT57LKKiuiAexieyGCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maths%22%20-intitle%3A%22maths%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.
    • 2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, Fourth edition, John Wiley & Sons, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oCJ13TSrf98C&pg=PA40&dq=%22maths%22+-intitle:%22maths%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zietT57LKKiuiAexieyGCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maths%22%20-intitle%3A%22maths%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 40],
      Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.
Translations
Maths
Noun

maths (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maths, especially when defined as a school subject.


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