Mathematical Symbols

Mathematical Symbols is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.
Here is the list of Mathematical Symbols:
1. Multiplication: (x) example 5x5 = 25, or you can use (*) 5*5 = 25.
2. Division: (/) or (÷) example 1/1=1, 1÷1=1.
3. Less than: (<) example 3<5.
4. greater than: (>) example 5>3.
5. Minus: (-) example 2-1=1.
6. plus: (+) example 2+2=4.
7. Equal symbol: (=).
8. Doesn't Equal symbol: (≠) example 5+1 ≠ 8.
9. Approximation symbol: (≈).

Mathematical symbols list

SymbolSymbol NameMeaning / definitionExample
=equals signequality5 = 2+3
5 is equal to 2+3
not equal signinequality5 ≠ 4
5 is not equal to 4
approximately equalapproximationsin(0.01) ≈ 0.01,
xy means x is approximately equal to y
>strict inequalitygreater than5 > 4
5 is greater than 4
<strict inequalityless than4 < 5
4 is less than 5
inequalitygreater than or equal to5 ≥ 4,
xymeans x is greater than or equal to y
inequalityless than or equal to4 ≤ 5,
x ≤ y means xis less than or equal to y
( )parenthesescalculate expression inside first 2 × (3+5) = 16
[ ]bracketscalculate expression inside first [(1+2)×(1+5)] = 18
+plus signaddition1 + 1 = 2
minus signsubtraction2 − 1 = 1
±plus - minusboth plus and minus operations3 ± 5 = 8 or -2
±minus - plusboth minus and plus operations3 ∓ 5 = -2 or 8
*asteriskmultiplication2 * 3 = 6
×times signmultiplication2 × 3 = 6
multiplication dotmultiplication2 ⋅ 3 = 6
÷division sign / obelusdivision6 ÷ 2 = 3
/division slashdivision6 / 2 = 3
horizontal linedivision / fraction
modmoduloremainder calculation7 mod 2 = 1
.perioddecimal point, decimal separator2.56 = 2+56/100
abpowerexponent23 = 8
a^bcaretexponent2 ^ 3 = 8
asquare root

aa  = a

9 = ±3
3acube root3a3a  ⋅ 3a  = a38 = 2
4afourth root4a4a  ⋅ 4a  ⋅ 4a  =a416 = ±2
nan-th root (radical) for n=3, n8 = 2
%percent1% = 1/10010% × 30 = 3
per-mille1‰ = 1/1000 = 0.1%10‰ × 30 = 0.3
ppmper-million1ppm = 1/100000010ppm × 30 = 0.0003
ppbper-billion1ppb = 1/100000000010ppb × 30 = 3×10-7
pptper-trillion1ppt = 10-1210ppt × 30 = 3×10-10