Math Symbols! In this lesson, you will learn a list of useful mathematical symbols in English and their names to master your English vocabulary.
Table of Contents
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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Thursday 9th of March 2023
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Saturday 17th of September 2022
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Wednesday 9th of September 2020
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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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