Mathematics vocabulary slide

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Mathematics Department & Education Hub Project

Prasat Wittayakarn School

Prasat District, Surin Province, Thailand

Collected and Edited by Narupon N. Saisema

Miscellaneous Symbol

is equal to

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is not equal to

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is approximately equal to

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is congruence to

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is greater than

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is less than

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is greater than or equal to

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is less than or equal to

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infinity

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plus

Miscellaneous Symbol

minus

Miscellaneous Symbol

Multiply, times

Miscellaneous Symbol

Divide

How to Read Mathematical Notations?

Negative three

How to Read Mathematical Notations?

Negative (number) a

Exponentiation

• a raised to the power of n

• a raised to the n-th power

• a raised by the exponent of n • a to the n

Exponentiation

4

Exponentiation

2

a square

Exponentiation

3

a cube

Exponentiation

6

Bracket -2 to the sixth

Absolute Value

|4| Absolute value of 4

Absolute Value

|-5| Absolute value of -5

Operation

a plus b

Operation

a minus b

Operation: multiplication

a b

ab, ab

Operation: multiplication

a multiplied b

a times b a dot b

a b, ab, ab

Operation: Divided

a b

a/b, 𝑎

𝑏

Operation: Divided

a b, a/b, 𝑎

𝑏

a is divided by b

a divide by b

b divide a

Equation

2 + 7 = 9

2 plus 7 equal to 9

Equation

7 – 15 = -8

7 minus 15 is -8

Equation

4 x 12 = 48

4 times 12 equal 48

Equation

12 (-2) = -6

12 divided by -2 is -6

Fraction

𝑎

𝑏

a Over

b

Fraction

1

2

One

Over

two

Half

Fraction

1

4

One

Over

four

Quarter

Fraction

3

4

three

Over

four

3 Quarters

Fraction

1

3

one

Over

three

One- third

Fraction

6

11

six

Over

eleven

six- eleventh

Fraction: your turn

3

2 7

2 + = 10

2

Fraction: your turn

8

15 7

15 + =

15

15

Decimal

two point four five

Decimal

fifteen point one

Decimal

489.106 four hundred eighty nine

point one o six

Repeating Decimal

5.111… Five point one one one

and so forth

The ration of a to b

The ration of 3 to 5

Square root

𝑎 Square root of

(the real number) a

Square root

5 The positive

square root of five

Square root

− 8 The negative

square root

of

eight