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Mathematics is often described as the universal language, and English as the great international language. So you would think that English and American mathematical language would be the same. Not always so, I'm afraid! So this page is to promote cross-Atlantic understanding by trying to list common differences in mathematical language across the ocean. Please let me know what you'd like to see, and please email me if you see something which is not correct. | |
| UK English | US English |
| Maths | Math |
| to factorise | to factor |
| brackets | parentheses |
| simultaneous equations | systems of equations |
| Pythagoras Theorem | Pythagorean Theorem |
| gradient | slope |
| trapezium | trapezoid |
| right-angled triangle | right triangle |
| Sine Rule | Law of Sines |
| Cosine Rule | Law of Cosines |
| anti-clockwise | counter-clockwise |
| standard index form | scientific notation |
| enlargement | dilation |