math
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 →
2) Math also means working with numbers: do the math, my math is wrong. tree →
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 →
- He got 9 right on the math test. tree →
- Math class lasts 45 minutes. tree →
- How many problems are left? tree →
- Math is my favourite subject. tree →
- We use math to measure the garden. tree →
- Do the math: four friends and twelve sweets means three each. tree →
- Our maths teacher is from New Zealand. tree →
- She checked her math with a calculator. tree →
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.
- Most artists need reading, maths and business skills to manage money and deals, and many have other jobs, especially at first.
- Skill in maths grows with practice, like any other skill.
- Skill in maths grows with practice like any other skill, and believing you can improve helps you keep trying.
- Max in Dublin copied his friend's maths homework twice and got away with it, so he thought he always could.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «math» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.