Math Symbols: Useful List of 35 Mathematical Symbols in English

Math symbols in English!!! This article is a glossary of some of the more common mathematical symbols, including meaning and examples. Below is a useful list of mathematical symbols in English you need to know.

Math Symbols

List of all mathematical symbols and signs – math symbols and meanings with examples.

• *: Asterisk: 2 * 3 = 6

• a^b: Caret: 2 ^ 3 = 8

• =: Equality: 5 = 2 + 3

• ≠: Not Equality: 5 ≠ 4

• ≈: Approximately equal: sin(0.01) ≈ 0.01

• <: Less than: 7 < 8

• >: Greater than: 8 > 7

• –: Subtraction: 2 − 1 = 1

• (): Parentheses: 2 × (3 + 5) = 16

• +: Addition: 2 + 1 = 3

• ÷: Division: 6 ÷ 2 = 3

• √a: Square root: √16 = ±4

• 3√: Cube root: ³√8 = 2

• π: Pi constant: c = π⋅d = 2⋅π⋅r

• !: Exclamation mark: 4! = 1*2*3*4 = 24

• []: Brackets: [(1+2)*(1+5)] = 18

• /: Division slash: 20/5 = 4

• Σ: Summation: ∑ x_i= x₁+x₂+…+x_n

• ∫: Integral: ∫ f(x)dx

• $: Dollar sign: The beggar resorted to me for 1$.

• ≥: Big than or equal: 5 ≥ 4

• ≤: Less than or equal: 4 ≤ 5

• %: Percentage: 10% × 30 = 3

• –: Dash/ hyphen
• &: Ampersand: x & y

• ∞: Infinity
• x: Multiply/ times: 2 × 3 = 6

• ⋅: Multiplication: 2 ⋅ 3 = 6

• —: Division/ Fraction:

• mod: Remainder calculation: 7 mod 2 = 1

• | x |: Absolute value: | -5 | = 5

• f (x): Maps values of x to f(x): f (x) = 3x+5

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Last Updated on February 16, 2023