diff --git a/docs/example-widget-math.html b/docs/example-widget-math.html
index 27f49476..d6c9673f 100644
--- a/docs/example-widget-math.html
+++ b/docs/example-widget-math.html
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 				// called after all math calculations have completed
 				console.log( 'math calculations complete', c.$table.find('[data-math="all-sum"]:first').text() );
 			},
+			// cell data-attribute containing the math value to use (added v2.31.1)
+			math_textAttr : '',
 			// see "Mask Examples" section
 			math_mask     : '#,##0.00',
 			math_prefix   : '', // custom string added before the math_mask value (usually HTML)
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@
 		<h3><a href="#">Notes</a></h3>
 		<div>
 		<ul>
+			<li>In <span class="version">v2.31.1</span>, added <a href="#math_textattr" class="intlink"><code>math_textAttr</code></a>.</li>
 			<li>In <span class="version">v2.28.0</span>
 				<ul>
 					<li>Fix documentation and processing of <code>math_prefix</code> and <code>math_suffix</code> options. See <a href="https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/issues/1305">issue #1305</a>.</li>
@@ -305,6 +308,22 @@
 						</td>
 					</tr>
 
+
+					<tr id="math_textattr">
+						<td><a href="#" class="permalink">math_textAttr</a></td>
+						<td><code>''</code></td>
+						<td>
+							Cell attribute (data-attribute) containing the math value to use. This defaults to the <a href="index.html#textattribute"><code>textAttribute</code></a> value when the <a href="index.html#textextraction"><code>textExtraction</code></a> option is set to "basic" (<span class="version">v2.31.1</span>).
+							<div class="collapsible">
+							<br>
+							Use this option as follows:
+							<pre class="prettyprint lang-js">// Include the "data-" prefix in the option
+math_textAttr : 'data-math-value'</pre>
+							<pre class="prettyprint lang-html">&lt;td data-math-value="1000"&gt;1.0k&lt;/td&gt;</pre>
+							</div>
+						</td>
+					</tr>
+
 					<tr id="math_event">
 						<td><a href="#" class="permalink">math_event</a></td>
 						<td><code>'recalculate'</code></td>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 3a9fbcec..eb531015 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 		<li><a href="example-widget-header-titles.html">Header titles widget</a> (v2.15.6; <span class="version updated">v2.24.4</span>).</li>
 		<li><span class="label label-info">Beta</span> <a href="example-widget-lazyload.html">Lazyload widget</a> (<span class="version">v2.24.0</span>; <span class="version updated">v2.25.7</span>).</li>
 		<li><a href="example-widget-mark.html">Mark widget</a> (<span class="version">v2.27.6</span>).</li>
-		<li><a href="example-widget-math.html">Math widget</a> (<span class="version">v2.16</span>; <span class="version updated">v2.28.0</span>).</li>
+		<li><a href="example-widget-math.html">Math widget</a> (<span class="version">v2.16</span>; <span class="version updated">v2.31.1</span>).</li>
 		<li>
 			<a href="example-widget-output.html">Output widget</a> (<span class="version">v2.16</span>; <span class="version updated">v2.29.0</span>).
 			<br><br>
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-math.js b/js/widgets/widget-math.js
index 38f6fa54..3c68718d 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-math.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-math.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! Widget: math - updated 5/3/2017 (v2.28.9) *//*
+/*! Widget: math - updated 11/20/2018 (v2.31.1) *//*
 * Requires tablesorter v2.16+ and jQuery 1.7+
 * by Rob Garrison
 */
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@
 		events : ( 'tablesorter-initialized update updateAll updateRows addRows updateCell filterReset ' )
 			.split(' ').join('.tsmath '),
 
-		processText : function( c, $cell ) {
+		processText : function( c, $cell ) { 
 			var tmp,
+				wo = c.widgetOptions,
 				txt = ts.getElementText( c, $cell, math.getCellIndex( $cell ) ),
 				prefix = c.widgetOptions.math_prefix;
+			if (wo.math_textAttr) {
+				txt = $cell.attr(wo.math_textAttr) || txt;
+			}
 			if ( /</.test( prefix ) ) {
 				// prefix contains HTML; remove it & any text before using formatFloat
 				tmp = $( '<div>' + prefix + '</div>' ).text()
@@ -612,6 +616,8 @@
 			// e.g. '<span class="red">{content}</span>'
 			math_prefix   : '',
 			math_suffix   : '',
+			// cell attribute containing the math value to use
+			math_textAttr : '',
 			// no matching math elements found (text added to cell)
 			math_none     : 'N/A',
 			math_event    : 'recalculate',