What is a m in a maths question?

Answer 1

1. The answer depends on how the "m" is used.

2. "m" can be used to represent meters as in "30m"

3. "m" may be used as the "milli" prefix for a metric unit of measure such as "30 mm"

4. "m" could be used to represent the slope of a line as in y = mx + b

5. "m" could be used as a generic variable in a word problem (e.g. let "m" equal the number of men and "w"= the number of women...