Maximum

The maximum is the highest number or amount that something can reach. For example, if a jar can hold 10 candies, then 10 is the maximum number of candies it can hold.

Examples

• In science class, we learned that the maximum temperature for boiling water is 100 degrees Celsius.
• During gym class, we can only have a maximum of twenty students in the basketball game at a time.
• The teacher told us that the maximum number of pages for our book reports is three.

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