mathematics

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The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols.

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The science of quantity; the study of ideal constructions (often applicable to real problems), and the discovery thereby of relations between the parts of these constructions, before unknown.

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That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.

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An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure and change and the relationships between these concepts.

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A person’s ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

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a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement