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Due to budget cuts, we can only afford to be taught one math.

Is “math” or “maths” the correct word to use as the shortened or colloquial form of the word mathematics? The answer is that it depends on where you are.

To North American speakers of English, the word to use is “math”, as in “I majored in math”, and “maths” would sound wrong. Speakers of British English, however, would always say “maths”, as in “I took a degree in maths”. They would never say “math”.

There are logical arguments for both spellings. The word “mathematics” can be considered as a singular and as a plural noun. Both the Oxford and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries say the word is plural – hence the s on the end – but also that it is usually used as if it was a singular noun. So, most people would say “mathematics is my best subject” and not “mathematics are my best subject”. The shortened form “maths”, then, makes sense because the word is still a plural noun and so should still have the “s” on the end. On the other hand, it could be argued, “math” makes sense because it seems wrong to remove the letters “ematic” from the middle of the word and leave the final “s”

So there you have it. Both are correct

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British people say it in this manner, and they've been speaking English for way longer than Americans. Also when someone is doing Math, they usually do several different types of calculations, which would be called maths.

It's short for "mathematics". Not the ending 's'. Thanks.

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> So there you have it. Both are correct

@OP
> foreigners??? Remember whose language you are speaking.

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