maths
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Maths is the British term for mathematics—the study of numbers, quantities, shapes, and patterns.
Americans say math; Britons say maths.
Both are clipped forms of the full word, and neither is more correct than the other: I was never very good at maths.
Math using symbols
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- trigonometryTriangle angle mathematics
- statisticsCollected numerical information
probability · topology · combinatorics · number theory · graph theory · linear algebra · differential equations · set theory
Counting and calculation symbols
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- magnitudeSize or scale
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
- ratiosComparative numerical relationships
proportions · constants · pi · infinity · zero · negative · positive · prime
Joining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- divisionSplitting into parts
- fractionsParts expressed numerically
decimals · percentages · averages · sums · products · quotients · integers · factors
Accepted starting principles
- theoremDemonstrated logical conclusion
- proofDemonstration of truth
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- corollaryLogical natural consequence
lemma · postulate · proposition · deductive · inference · validity · consistency · tautology
Educational program's content plan
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- teacherOne who instructs others
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
classroom · blackboard · exam · quiz · lesson · tutor · syllabus · pedagogy
Many and various
- tensorMultilinear algebraic object
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- non-EuclideanGeometry without parallel postulate
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
field theory · matrices · proofs · dimension · transformation · isomorphism · mapping · function
algebra
Math using symbols
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- trigonometryTriangle angle mathematics
statistics · probability · topology · combinatorics · number theory · graph theory · linear algebra · differential equations · set theory · arithmetic
numbers
Counting and calculation symbols
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- magnitudeSize or scale
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
ratios · proportions · constants · pi · infinity · zero · negative · positive · prime · irrational
addition
Joining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- divisionSplitting into parts
fractions · decimals · percentages · averages · sums · products · quotients · integers · factors · equations
axioms
Accepted starting principles
- theoremDemonstrated logical conclusion
- proofDemonstration of truth
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
corollary · lemma · postulate · proposition · deductive · inference · validity · consistency · tautology · contradiction
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- teacherOne who instructs others
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
homework · classroom · blackboard · exam · quiz · lesson · tutor · syllabus · pedagogy · practice
manifold
Many and various
- tensorMultilinear algebraic object
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- non-EuclideanGeometry without parallel postulate
hyperspace · field theory · matrices · proofs · dimension · transformation · isomorphism · mapping · function · sets
- British Englishaluminium, aubergine, behaviour, biscuit, bonnet
- subjectschemistry, physics, biology, history, geography
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- UK EducationGCSE, GCSEs, SATs, primary school, secondary school
- French Educationlycee, baccalaureate, classes, college, rector
- Leaving CertIrish, English, French, German, Spanish
mathsEnglish
Britain's native tongue
literature · creative writing · art · humanities · arts
mathsintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
emotion · creativity · imagination · art · feeling
- math classAcademic period for calculations
- math testAcademic numerical evaluation
- do the mathReason through the obvious
- math problemQuestion requiring computation
- math teacherInstructor of numerical subjects
- math homeworkSchool number practice
math, mathematics, mathematical, mathematician, mathematicians, mathematically