Why do the British call it “maths”?

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Why do the British call it “maths”?

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It’s actually American English that shortens it in a nonstandard way. Compare:

Mathematics -> Maths (BrE), Math (AmE)

Statistics -> Stats (BrE), Stats (AmE)

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