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How to spell math

What it means: The study of numbers, shapes, and patterns.

In a sentence: I love doing math problems at school. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as maths or match.

Same family: mathematics, mathematical, mathematician, arithmetic, algebra. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Math is a short form of the word “mathematics,” which comes from a Greek word meaning “learning” or “knowledge.” In British English people often say “maths,” while in American English people usually say “math.”

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