¿Mate?

[jan]

íHola!
Se trata de un ejercicio propuesto en un curso de español para estranjeros:

¿UN POCO DE MATES?

siete ciruelas x 2 = catorce ciruelas

..................... x 6 = doce coliflores

Es algo como "multiplication table"?
Gracias y saludos,
Jan

[Perikles]

I don't really understand your question. Mates = maths

[irmamar]

Yes, "mates" ("mate" is another thing) is the common word form "matemáticas" among students.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by jan

Se trata de un ejercicio propuesto en un curso de español para extranjeros:

¿UN POCO DE Qué tal unas mates?

siete ciruelas x 2 = catorce ciruelas
..................... x 6 = doce coliflores

For those who would like to know how we read those mathematical signs:

Siete ciruelas por dos, igual a catorce ciruelas
Dos coliflores por seis, igual a doce coliflores

[irmamar]

"Un poco de mates" doesn't sound bad to me.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

One more for the regional variations then.

[jan]

Muichíssimas Gracias!
Abrazos
jan

[pinosilano]

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.(WKPD)

Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word ἀριθμός = number) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations.(WKPD)

My idea is that we're doing exercises of arithmetic and not mathematics.

What do you think about?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pinosilano

My idea is that we're doing exercises of arithmetic and not mathematics.

What do you think about?

I think that because

Arithmetic .. is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics

and if we are doing exercises in arithmetic then by definition we are also doing exercises in mathematics. Simple mathematics, but still mathematics.

[chileno]

Ustedes están mal del mate...


(And now what?)

Anybody else has that use?