Mathematical Vocabulary 

Vocabulary understanding is a major contributor to overall comprehension in many content areas, including mathematics. Students’ mathematical vocabulary learning is a very important part of their language development and ultimately mathematical proficiency.

A lack of precise language can impede pupils’ understanding and can easily lead to a lifelong development of misconceptions in Maths. Although in our everyday life we can cope with a fair amount of ambiguity, in Mathematics ambiguity causes problems so it’s not welcome.

Please read the documents below for more information.