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Math Symbols: List of 35+ Useful Mathematical Symbols and their Names

Math Symbols: List of 35+ Useful Mathematical Symbols and their Names

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Math Symbols! In this lesson, you will learn a list of useful mathematical symbols in English and their names to master your English vocabulary.

Math Symbols

List of Math Symbols

  • Multiplied by
  • Divided by
  • Plus
  • Minus
  • Equal to
  • Approximately equal to
  • Greater than
  • Less than
  • Greater than or equal
  • Less than or equal
  • Square brackets
  • Parentheses (punctuation marks)
  • Angle
  • Right angle
  • Curly brackets
  • Plus or minus
  • Not equal to
  • Square root of
  • Percent
  • Infinity
  • Integral
  • Sum of
  • Equivalent to
  • Implies
  • For all
  • Belongs to
  • Pi
  • Empty set
  • absolute value
  • Not belong to

Mathematical Symbols & Their Names

Mathematical symbols dictionary and their names.

  • Read as: Multiplied by
  • For example: 2×4=8 (two multiplied by four…)

  • Read as: Divided by
  • For example: 8:4=2 (eight divided by four…)

  • Read as: Plus
  • For example: 2+2=4 (two plus two…)

  • Read as: Minus
  • For example: 2-2=0 (two minus two…)

  • Read as: Is equal to
  • For example: 4+9=13 (four plus nine is equal to thirteen)

  • Read as: is approximately equal to
  • For example: π ≈ 3,1415 (pi is approximately equal to 3,14)

  • Read as: is greater than
  • For example: 4>3 (four is greater than 3)

  • Read as: is less than
  • For example:3<4 (three is less than four)

  • Read as: is greater than or equal
  • For example: x≥1 (x is greater than or equal one)

  • Read as: is less than or equal
  • For example: a≤6 (a is less than or equal six)

  • Read as: Square brackets

  • Read as: Parentheses

  • Read as: Angle

  • Read as: Right angle

  • Read as: Curly brackets

  • Read as: Plus or minus
  • For example: ±1 (plus or minus one)

  • Read as: is not equal to
  • For example: 3 ≠ 4 (three is not equal to four)

  • Read as: Square root of
  • For example: √9 = 3 (square root of nine is three)

  • Read as: percent
  • For example: 100% (one hundred percents)

  • Read as: Infinity

  • Read as: Integral

  • Read as: Sum of

  • Read as: is equivalent to
  • For example: a ⇔ b (a is equivalent to b)

  • Read as: Implies
  • For example: a=>b (a implies b)

  • Read as: For all

  • Read as: Belongs to
  • For example: x ∈ N (x belongs to N)

  • Read as: pi
  • For example: π ≈ 3,1415 (pi is approximately equal to 3,14)

  • Read as: Empty set
  • For example: x ∈ ∅ (x belongs to empty set)

  • Read as: not belong to
  • For example: x ∉ ∅ (x doesn’t belong to empty set)

  • Read as: absolute value
  • For example: |x|=9 (absolute value of x is nine)

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Math Symbols: List of 35+ Useful Mathematical Symbols and their Names

Mola Matome Joseph

Thursday 9th of March 2023

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LIGMA BALLS HO

Saturday 17th of September 2022

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jahanzaib Malik

Wednesday 9th of September 2020

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Carolyn

Thursday 3rd of September 2020

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Kirollos

Thursday 3rd of December 2020

1- " x " Multiplication Read as: Multiplied by For example: 2×4=8 (two multiplied by four…)

2- " ÷ " Division Read as: Divided by For example: 8:4=2 (eight divided by four…)

3- " + " Addition Read as: Plus For example: 2+2=4 (two plus two…)

4- " − " Subtraction Read as: Minus For example: 2-2=0 (two minus two…)

5- " = " Equality Read as: Is equal to For example: 4+9=13 (four plus nine is equal to thirteen)

6- " ≠ " Inequality Read as: is not equal to For example: 3 ≠ 4 (three is not equal to four)

7- " ≈ " Approximation Read as: is approximately equal to For example: π ≈ 3,1415 (pi is approximately equal to 3,14)

8- " > " Greater than Read as: is greater than For example: 4>3 (four is greater than 3)

9- " < " Less than Read as: is less than For example:3b (a implies b)

17- " ∴ " Read as: therefore

18- " ∵ " Read as: because / since

19- " ~ " Negation Read as: tilde

Vinod Kumar

Sunday 23rd of August 2020

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