new maths

new math

noun
a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
Also called new mathematics.


Origin:
1965–70
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new maths
 
n
(Brit) (functioning as singular) an approach to mathematics in which the basic principles of set theory are introduced at an elementary level

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