Math or Maths?
Last Modified: 01/12/2016
Should we write 'Math' or 'Maths'?
It's '
Math' in American English and '
Maths' in British English. So, both are correct.
Hong Kong generally uses British English so you study '
Maths' here.
Here are some more examples of spellling differences between British English (BrE) and American English (AmE):
- centre (BrE) / center (AmE)
- litre (BrE) / liter (AmE)
- colour (BrE) / color (AmE)
- neighbour (BrE) / neighbor (AmE)
- catalogue (BrE) / catalog (AmE)
- dialogue (BrE) / dialog (AmE)
- travelling (BrE) / traveling (AmE)
- cancelled (BrE) / canceled (AmE)
- skilful (BrE) / skillful (AmE)
- enrolment (BrE) / enrollment (AmE)
Are you able to deduce some rules about American spelling and British spelling from the above?