Mathematical Symbols
What mathematical symbols do I need to know?
- Starting with the basic four operations
- Addition, plus, sum, total
- Subtraction, minus, difference, take away
- Multiplication, product, times
- Division, quotient, divide, share
- Equals signs
- Equal to
- e.g.
- Not equal to
- e.g.
- Approximately equal to
- e.g.
- Identical (equivalent) to
- e.g.
- Equal to
- Inequality signs
- Greater than
- e.g.
- Less than
- e.g.
- Greater than or equal to
- Less than or equal to
- Greater than
- Other helpful symbols
- Brackets
- used to group symbols
- e.g.
- Powers (also called indices, orders, or exponents)
- repeated multiplication
- e.g.
- Square root
- opposite of squaring
- e.g. is the opposite to
- Plus Minus
- used to allow for both a positive and negative answer (two distinct answers)
- is the same as and
- e.g. is the same as and
- Pi
- the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
- Brackets