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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