Pre-listening match the words from the left column with their Ukrainian equivalents in the right column.

1. addition a. ділення
2. subtraction b. математика
3. multiplication c. рахувати в умі
4. division d. віднімання
5. stuff e. додавання
6. mental arithmetic f. матеріал
7. maths g. множення


10. Listen to the text and complete the sentences.

2. When I was a kid I was _______________ in maths.

3. Things were _______________, It was all addition and subtraction, multiplication and division.

4. I knew my times tables _______________ my hand.

5. We had to _______________ algebra and geometry and lots of other stuff I can’t remember the names of. Suddenly.

6. I _______________ maths any more. I think there were a few reasons for this.

7. One was my maths teacher, another was because _______________ back of the class, and another was _______________.

8. _______________ when I was at university and loved that.